Disciplines and Occupations

Pharmacogenetics

A branch of genetics which deals with the genetic variability in individual responses to drugs and drug metabolism (BIOTRANSFORMATION).

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Abstract

A branch of genetics which deals with the genetic variability in individual responses to drugs and drug metabolism (BIOTRANSFORMATION).

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Pharmacogenomics

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

the discipline (education, history, etc) only; for pharmacogenetic studies, index the specific drug and specific genetic aspect

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70(66)

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  1. H01w.158w.273w.343w.750w
  2. H01w.158w.703w.052w
  3. H02w.628w.479w

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QV 38.5

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pharmacogenetics. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010597. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010597
  2. Pharmacogenetics. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmacogenetics
  3. Pharmacogenetics. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1358521