Pharmacogenetics

Preferred Label : Pharmacogenetics;

NCIt synonyms : PGt;

NCIt definition : The investigation of the impact of individual gene variations on drug responses.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: The study of how a person's genes affect the way he or she responds to drugs. Pharmacogenetics is being used to learn ahead of time what the best drug or the best dose of a drug will be for a person.; CDISC-GLOSS: Study of the way drugs interact with genetic makeup or the study of genetic response to a drug.;

NCIt note : The term is applicable to activities such as drug discovery, drug development, and clinical practice. Drug response includes drug disposition (pharmacokinetics, PK) and drug effect (pharmacodynamics, PD). The term drug should be considered synonymous with investigational (medicinal) product, medicinal product and pharmaceutical (including vaccines and other biological products).The definition of does not include other disciplines such as proteomics and metabonomics.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000631051;

Details

Origin ID

C16973;

UMLS CUI

C0031325;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Pharmacogenomics [OMIConto structure]
- Pharmacogenomics [OMIConto index]
- pharmacogenetics [MeSH Descriptor]
- pharmacogenetics [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Biomedical Occupation or Discipline [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- pharmacogenetics [MeSH concept]
- pharmacogenetics [MeSH Descriptor]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- Pharmacogenomics [LOINC part]
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- CDISC Glossary Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

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