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Influence of clinical and genetic factors on warfarin dose requirements among Japanese patients.
European journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Nov 2009
Ohno Masako, Yamamoto Akiko, Ono Ayumu, Miura Genta, Funamoto Masanobu, Takemoto Yasuhiko, Otsu Kinya, Kouno Yasushi, Tanabe Tomoko, Masunaga Yuiko, Nonen Shinpei, Fujio Yasushi, Azuma Junichi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of clinical and genetic factors on warfarin dose requirements in the Japanese population. METHODS: We enrolled 125 patients on stable warfarin anticoagulant therapy with an international normalized ratio maintained between 1.5 and 3.0. PCR-based methods were performed to analyze genetic polymorphisms in the genes pharmacokinetically and...
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