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The influence of variation in the P2Y12 receptor gene on in vitro platelet inhibition with the direct P2Y12 antagonist cangrelor.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Feb 2010
Bouman H J, van Werkum J W, Rudez G, Leebeek F W G, Kruit A, Hackeng C M, Ten Berg J M, de Maat M P M, Ruven H J T
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Novel P2Y12 inhibitors are in development to overcome the occurrence of atherothrombotic events associated with poor responsiveness to the widely used P2Y12 inhibitor clopidogrel. Cangrelor is an intravenously administered P2Y12 inhibitor that does not need metabolic conversion to an active metabolite for its antiplatelet action, and as a consequence exhibits a more potent and consistent antiplatelet profile as...
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