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Warfarin sensitivity: be aware of genetic influence.
Age and ageing - 1 Mar 2003
Khan Tayyaba, Kamali Farhad, Daly Ann, King Barry, Wynne Hilary A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: avoidance of over anticoagulation in response to warfarin therapy would reduce risk of associated bleeding. SUBJECTS: two elderly patients with venous thromboembolism exhibited extreme anticoagulant response to warfarin. Both were noted to have variant CYP2C9 alleles, which reduce the metabolic capacity of cytochrome P450 2C9. DISCUSSION: adverse outcomes with warfarin therapy could be explained and...
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