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Genetic determinants of response to warfarin during initial anticoagulation.
The New England journal of medicine - 6 Mar 2008
Schwarz Ute I, Ritchie Marylyn D, Bradford Yuki, Li Chun, Dudek Scott M, Frye-Anderson Amy, Kim Richard B, Roden Dan M, Stein C Michael
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BACKGROUND: Genetic variants of the enzyme that metabolizes warfarin, cytochrome P-450 2C9 (CYP2C9), and of a key pharmacologic target of warfarin, vitamin K epoxide reductase (VKORC1), contribute to differences in patients' responses to various warfarin doses, but the role of these variants duri...
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