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Pharmacogenetics of warfarin: regulatory, scientific, and clinical issues.
Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis - 1 Feb 2008
Gage Brian F, Lesko Lawrence J
Abstract excerpt
Using pharmacogenetics-based therapy, clinicians can estimate the therapeutic warfarin dose by genotyping patients for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that affect warfarin metabolism or sensitivity. SNPs in the cytochrome P450 complex (CYP2C9) affect warfarin metabolism: patients who have the CYP2C9*2 and/or CYP2C9*3 variants metabolize warfarin slowly and are more likely to have an elevated International...
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