TY - JOUR AU - Santos, Paulo CJL AU - Soares, Renata AG AU - Nascimento, Raimundo M. AU - Machado-Coelho, George LL AU - Mill, José G. AU - Krieger, José E. AU - Pereira, Alexandre C. PY - 2011 DA - 2011/10/12 TI - SLCO1B1 rs4149056 polymorphism associated with statin-induced myopathy is differently distributed according to ethnicity in the Brazilian general population: Amerindians as a high risk ethnic group JO - BMC Medical Genetics SP - 136 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - Recent studies reported the association between SLCO1B1 polymorphisms and the development of statin-induced myopathy. In the scenario of the Brazilian population, being one of the most heterogeneous in the world, the main aim here was to evaluate SLCO1B1 polymorphisms according to ethnic groups as an initial step for future pharmacogenetic studies. SN - 1471-2350 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-12-136 DO - 10.1186/1471-2350-12-136 ID - Santos2011 ER -