title: Determination of the acetylator phenotype in a Northern Nigerian population.
abstract: The sulphadimidine method was used to determine the acetylator phenotype in tuberculosis patients and hospital workers at Ahmadu Bello University Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria. The method gave good discrimination between slow and rapid acetylators. The proportion of slow acetylators in the whole group was 49 per cent and this is similar to other results from Negro populations.
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D044383:Black People; D006801:Humans; D009549:Nigeria; D010641:Phenotype; D013418:Sulfamethazine / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D013418:Sulfamethazine