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Building individualized medicine: prevention of adverse reactions to warfarin therapy.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics - 1 Aug 2007
Krynetskiy Evgeny, McDonnell Patrick
Abstract excerpt
Warfarin is the most widely used oral anticoagulant in the world for patients with venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, chronic atrial fibrillation, and prosthetic heart valves. Approximately 30 genes contribute to therapeutic effects of warfarin, and genetic polymorphisms in these genes may modulate its anticoagulant activity. In contrast to monogenic pharmacogenetic traits, warfarin drug response is a...
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