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Challenges for the application of pharmacogenomics associated with the nomenclature of allelic variants

    Nadine de Godoy Torso

    School of Medical Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, 13083-894, Brazil

    ,
    Paulo Caleb JL Santos

    Department of Pharmacology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (EPM-Unifesp), São Paulo, 04044-020, Brazil

    &
    Patricia Moriel

    *Author for correspondence: Tel.: +55 193 521 8153;

    E-mail Address: patricia.moriel@fcf.unicamp.br

    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, 13083-970, Brazil

    Published Online:https://doi.org/10.2217/pgs-2023-0160
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