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Gene-based warfarin dosing compared with standard of care practices in an orthopedic surgery population: a prospective, parallel cohort study.
Therapeutic drug monitoring - 1 Jun 2010
McMillin Gwendolyn A, Melis Roberta, Wilson Andrew, Strong Michael B, Wanner Nathan A, Vinik Russell G, Peters Christopher L, Pendleton Robert C
Abstract excerpt
Warfarin remains a difficult drug to manage due to a narrow therapeutic range and wide interindividual variability in dose requirements. The relationship between warfarin sensitivity and CYP2C9 and VKORC1 variants is strong, and is the basis for several proposed dosing algorithms. Here a gene-based dosing algorithm was compared with standard of care dosing in patients receiving warfarin to prevent venous...
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