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Contribution of VKORC1 and CYP2C9 polymorphisms in the interethnic variability of warfarin dose in Malaysian populations.
Annals of hematology - 1 Jun 2011
Gan Gin Gin, Phipps Maude E, Lee Michael M T, Lu Liang S, Subramaniam Rajallectchumy Y, Bee Ping C, Chang Sean H
Abstract excerpt
Within the Asian populations, Indian patients had been reported to require higher warfarin dose compared with the Chinese and Malay patients, and this could not entirely be explained by cytochrome P450 (CYP)2C9 gene variants. Genetic variants of vitamin K epoxide oxidase reductase complex subunit 1 (VKORC1) has been well established as one of key determinants in the different responses of warfarin amongst...
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