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Warfarin dosing and cytochrome P450 2C9 polymorphisms.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Jun 2004
Joffe Hylton V, Xu Ruliang, Johnson F Bradley, Longtine Janina, Kucher Nils, Goldhaber Samuel Z
Abstract excerpt
Two cytochrome P450 2C9 (CYP2C9) polymorphisms, CYP2C9*2 and *3, metabolize warfarin inefficiently. We assessed the extent to which these polymorphisms explain very low warfarin dose requirements and hemorrhagic complications after excluding non-genetic determinants of warfarin dosing. In this retrospective observational study, 73 patients with stable warfarin doses for > or =1 month and International Normalized...
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