Busulfan (BU) pharmacokinetics (PK) are shown to be highly variable and thus their evaluation is critical for the success of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HST) in Caucasians. However, there are no data available for Japanese patients.
First Department of Internal Medicine, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Nanakuma 7-45-1, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan. yasushi@fukuoka-u.ac.jp