Abstract
Background: Pharmacogenetic testing for drug-metabolizing enzymes is not yet widely used in clinical practice.
Methods: In an attempt to facilitate the application of this procedure, we have compared two real-time PCR-based methods, the TaqMan® and the LightCycler™ for the pharmacogenetic evaluation of CYP2C9*2/*3 polymorphisms.
Results and Conclusion: Both procedures are suitable for pharmacogenetic studies. The TaqMan procedure was less expensive in terms of cost per sample, but the TaqMan apparatus is more expensive than the LightCycler apparatus.
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