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Several-fold increase in risk of overanticoagulation by CYP2C9 mutations.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 Nov 2005
Lindh Jonatan D, Lundgren Stefan, Holm Lennart, Alfredsson Lars, Rane Anders
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OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to prospectively study the impact of CYP2C9 polymorphism (*2 and *3) on the risk of overanticoagulation during the induction phase of warfarin therapy. METHODS: Blood samples for genotyping were collected from 219 patients requiring warfarin therapy, and clinical data were prospectively collected during the first 3 weeks of medication. Patients were divided into 3 groups according to...
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