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Pediatric Beta Blocker Therapy: A Comprehensive Review of Development and Genetic Variation to Guide Precision-Based Therapy in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults.

Mollie Walton, Jonathan B Wagner

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Review in Genes, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Pharmacogenetics in pediatric cardiology.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Mollie WaltonWard Family Heart Center, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.
Jonathan B WagnerWard Family Heart Center, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7690-6798

Funding

Childrens Mercy Hospital Fellowship Program in Pediatric PharmacologyT32HD069038 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S MERCY HOSP (KANSAS CITY, MO) · PI Laura B Ramsey, Jonathan Wagner · 2011 to 2026
$3.1M
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development T32HD069038NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD069038
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Beta adrenergic receptor antagonists, known as beta blockers, are one of the most prescribed medications in both pediatric and adult cardiology. Unfortunately, most of these agents utilized in the pediatric clinical setting are prescribed off-label. Despite regulatory efforts aimed at increasing pediatric drug labeling, a majority of pediatric cardiovascular drug agents continue to lack pediatric-specific data to inform precision dosing for children, adolescents, and young adults. Adding to this complexity is the contribution of development (ontogeny) and genetic variation towards the variability in drug disposition and response. In the absence of current prospective trials, the purpose of this comprehensive review is to illustrate the current knowledge gaps regarding the key drivers of variability in beta blocker drug disposition and response and the opportunities for investigations that will lead to changes in pediatric drug labeling.

Indexed as

Adrenergic beta-AntagonistsGenetic VariationAdolescentChildHumansYoung AdultAdrenergic beta-Antagonistsbeta-blockerspediatricspharmacogenomics

Identifiers

PMID38540438
PMCPMC10969836

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