Pharmacogenetics & Pharmacogenomics Flashcards
1
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Outline for pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics
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Definition
Precision medicine
Importance of pharmacogenetics
Polygenic risk factors/score
Haplotypes and SNP
2
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Importance of pharmacogenetics
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Avoid adverse drug reactions
Decode dosage
Select appropriate drugs
3
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What is a haplotype
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Physical grouping of genomic variants or polymorphisms that tend to be inherited together