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Effect of VKORC1 haplotypes on transcriptional regulation and warfarin dose.
The New England journal of medicine - 2 Jun 2005
Rieder Mark J, Reiner Alexander P, Gage Brian F, Nickerson Deborah A, Eby Charles S, McLeod Howard L, Blough David K, Thummel Kenneth E, Veenstra David L, Rettie Allan E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The management of warfarin therapy is complicated by a wide variation among patients in drug response. Variants in the gene encoding vitamin K epoxide reductase complex 1 (VKORC1) may affect the response to warfarin. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective study of European-American patients receiving long-term warfarin maintenance therapy. Multiple linear-regression analysis was used to determine the...
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