Pharmacogenomic Diversity in Psychiatry: Challenges and Opportunities in Africa
Muktar B. Ahmed,
Anwar Mulugeta,
Niran Okewole
et al.
Abstract:Background: Pharmacogenomic studies on psychiatric drugs have slowly identified genetic variations that influence drug metabolism and treatment effectiveness in patients with mental illness. Because most of these studies predominantly centered on people of European descent, there remains a substantial knowledge gap on the clinical implications of current pharmacogenomic evidence in multi-ancestry populations such as Africans. Thus, whether pharmacogenomic (PGx) genetic testing implemented in European populatio… Show more
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