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SLCO1B1 gene variant affecting hepatic clearance

Pathology: - diminished clearance of hepatically cleared drugs Laboratory: - SLCO1B1 genotyping Complications: - statin-induced myopathy

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SLCO1B1/SLC21A6 genotyping solute carrier family 21 member 6; solute carrier organic anion transporter family member 1B1; liver-specific organic anion transporter 1; LST-1; OATP-C; Na+-independent organic anion-transporting polypeptide 2; OATP-2 (SLCO1B1, LST1, OATP1B1, OATP2, OATPC, SLC21A6)

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genetic disease of the liver

References

  1. Link E et al. SLCO1B1 variants and statin-induced myopathy. A genomewide study. N Engl J Med 2008 Aug 21; 359:789. PMID: 18650507 http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa0801936