Article
Association of VKORC1 and CYP2C9 polymorphisms with warfarin dose requirements in Japanese patients.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2006
Mushiroda Taisei, Ohnishi Yozo, Saito Susumu, Takahashi Atsushi, Kikuchi Yuka, Saito Shigeru, Shimomura Hideki, Wanibuchi Yasuhiko, Suzuki Takao, Kamatani Naoyuki, Nakamura Yusuke
Abstract excerpt
Warfarin is the most commonly used oral anticoagulant for treatment of thromboembolism, but adjustment of the dose appropriate to each patient is not so easy because of the large inter-individual variation in dose requirement. We analyzed single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotypes of the VKORC1 and CYP2C9 genes using DNA from 828 Japanese patients treated with warfarin, and investigated association between...
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