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Failure of pharmacogenetic-based dosing algorithms to identify older patients requiring low daily doses of warfarin.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - 1 Nov 2011
Schwartz Janice B, Kane Lynn, Moore Kelly, Wu Alan H B
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INTRODUCTION: Warfarin doses vary greatly among patients and warfarin administration is accompanied by risk of bleeding. Genes responsible for its metabolism (CYP2C9) and effect on clotting (VKORC1) have been identified. It has been suggested that genotyping for variants in these genes can improve warfarin dosing and decrease bleeding complications. We evaluated performance of pharmacogenetic-based warfarin...
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