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Prediction of phenprocoumon maintenance dose and phenprocoumon plasma concentration by genetic and non-genetic parameters.
European journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Apr 2011
Geisen Christof, Luxembourg Beate, Watzka Matthias, Toennes Stefan W, Sittinger Katja, Marinova Milka, von Ahsen Nicolas, Lindhoff-Last Edelgard, Seifried Erhard, Oldenburg Johannes
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The anticoagulation response to vitamin K antagonists is characterised by high inter-individual variability. The impact of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in several genes of enzymes involved in the vitamin K cycle on phenprocoumon dose variability and phenprocoumon plasma concentrations is still under investigation. METHODS: We assessed the influence of VKORC1 c.-1639G>A, CYP2C9*2, CYP2C9*3,...
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