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. 1983 Feb;20(1):37–40. doi: 10.1136/jmg.20.1.37

Acetylator phenotypes in Papua New Guinea

R J A Penketh *, S F A Gibney †, G T Nurse †, D A Hopkinson ‡
PMCID: PMC1048983  PMID: 6842533

Abstract

Acetylator phenotypes have been determined in 139 unrelated subjects from the hitherto untested populations of Papua New Guinea, and their relevance to current antituberculous isoniazid chemotherapy is discussed.

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