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Population differences in S-warfarin metabolism between CYP2C9 genotype-matched Caucasian and Japanese patients.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 Mar 2003
Takahashi Harumi, Wilkinson Grant R, Caraco Yoseph, Muszkat Mordechai, Kim Richard B, Kashima Toshitaka, Kimura Sosuke, Echizen Hirotoshi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to investigate population differences in the metabolic activity of cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2C9 between genotypically matched Caucasian and Japanese patients by using the unbound oral clearance of S-warfarin as an in vivo phenotypic trait measure. METHODS: Ninety Japanese and 47 Caucasian patients receiving maintenance warfarin therapy were studied. Steady-state plasma unbound...
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