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Oral anticoagulation with warfarin is significantly influenced by steroids and CYP2C9 polymorphisms in children with cancer.
Pediatric blood & cancer - 1 Mar 2008
Ruud Ellen, Holmstrøm Henrik, Bergan Stein, Wesenberg Finn
Abstract excerpt
Clinical management of warfarin therapy is complex, and dosing algorithms do not include genetic factors or interactions with other drugs for warfarin dose determinations. We evaluated the interaction of warfarin and CYP2C9 polymorphisms and concomitant corticosteroids in 29 children with cancer. Children with heterozygous polymorphisms of CYP2C9 achieved target INR sooner and more frequently had INR above the...
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