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Variant VKORC1 and CYP2C9 alleles in patients with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage caused by oral anticoagulants.
Molecular diagnosis & therapy - 1 Feb 2010
Wijnen Petal A, Linssen Catharina F, Haenen Guido R, Bekers Otto, Drent Marjolein
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is a life-threatening bleeding complication that can occur as a result of oral anticoagulation therapy. OBJECTIVE: We hypothesized that in patients treated with coumarins, alveolar hemorrhage is associated with vitamin K epoxide reductase (VKORC1) and cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2C9 (CYP2C9) variant alleles. In addition, in the case of acenocoumarol use, CYP2C19 allelic...
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