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. 2025 Aug;118(2):301-303.
doi: 10.1002/cpt.3734. Epub 2025 May 26.

Caution with PBPK Modeling Based on the In Vitro Kinetics for Bilirubin Hepatic Uptake and Glucuronidation: Commentary on Dong et al

John O Miners  1 , Thomas M Polasek  2
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Caution with PBPK Modeling Based on the In Vitro Kinetics for Bilirubin Hepatic Uptake and Glucuronidation: Commentary on Dong et al

John O Miners et al. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2025 Aug.
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The authors declared no competing interests for this work.

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