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Warfarin pharmacogenomics.
Current opinion in molecular therapeutics - 1 Jun 2009
Cavallari Larisa H, Limdi Nita A
Abstract excerpt
Warfarin therapy is complicated by a narrow therapeutic index and substantial interpatient variability in dose response. The cytochrome P450 (CYP)2C9 and vitamin K epoxide reductase complex 1 (VKORC1) genes have recently been determined to be associated with warfarin dose requirements, with reduced doses of this drug being required in patients with the variant CYP2C9*2, CYP2C9*3, or VKORC1 -1639A allele. The...
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