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Standard warfarin dose in a patient with the CYP2C9*3/*3 genotype leads to hematuria.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 6 Sept 2010
Goto Toshiharu, Miura Masatomo, Murata Atsunobu, Terata Ken, Uno Tsukasa, Yamamoto Koujirou, Abe Yoshihisa
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Patients with certain CYP2C9 genetic variants have increased sensitivity to warfarin and are at increased risk of over-coagulation with standard warfarin dose. We report over-anticoagulation and hematuria manifest as a slow increase in the international normalized ratio (INR) due to warfarin treatment in a patient with the CYP2C9*3/*3 allele. CASE: A 58-y-old man with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation...
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