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Warfarin dose and the pharmacogenomics of CYP2C9 and VKORC1 - rationale and perspectives.
Thrombosis research - 1 Jan 2007
Yin Tong, Miyata Toshiyuki
Abstract excerpt
Warfarin is the most widely prescribed oral anticoagulant, but there is greater than 10-fold interindividual variability in the dose required to attain a therapeutic response. Information from pharmacogenomics, the study of the interaction of an individual's genotype and drug response, can help optimize drug efficacy while minimizing adverse drug reactions. Pharmacogenetic analysis of two genes, the warfarin...
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