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Genetic and environmental risk factors for oral anticoagulant overdose.
European journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Mar 2003
Verstuyft C, Robert A, Morin S, Loriot M A, Flahault A, Beaune P, Funck-Brentano C, Jaillon P, Becquemont L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cytochrome P450 2C9 (CYP2C9) allelic variant carriers have been shown to experience hyper-responsiveness to small doses of oral anticoagulants (OAs) (warfarin or acenocoumarol) and a higher bleeding rate. OBJECTIVES: To determine the relative frequencies of different risk factors for OA overdose including diet, concomitant diseases, drug interactions, recent increment of OA dose and CYP2C9 genetic...
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