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Genetic warfarin dosing: tables versus algorithms.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 1 Feb 2011
Finkelman Brian S, Gage Brian F, Johnson Julie A, Brensinger Colleen M, Kimmel Stephen E
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OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to compare the accuracy of genetic tables and formal pharmacogenetic algorithms for warfarin dosing. BACKGROUND: Pharmacogenetic algorithms based on regression equations can predict warfarin dose, but they require detailed mathematical calculations. A simpler alternative, recently added to the warfarin label by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is to use...
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