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. 2015 Sep;25(9):465-74.
doi: 10.1097/FPC.0000000000000158.

PharmGKB summary: peginterferon-α pathway

Scott R Shuldiner  1 , Li Gong, Andrew J Muir, Russ B Altman, Teri E Klein
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PharmGKB summary: peginterferon-α pathway

Scott R Shuldiner et al. Pharmacogenet Genomics. 2015 Sep.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest

R.B.A. and T.E.K. are stockholders in Personalis Inc. For the remaining authors, there are no conflicts of interest.

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Fig. 1
Stylized depiction of the pharmacodynamics of Peginterferon-α in hepatocytes. A fully interactive version is available at PharmGKB (http://www.pharmgkb.org/pathway/PA166126086).
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