Article
Clinical relevance of VKORC1 (G-1639A and C1173T) and CYP2C9*3 among patients on warfarin.
Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics - 1 Apr 2012
Teh L K, Langmia I M, Fazleen Haslinda M H, Ngow H A, Roziah M J, Harun R, Zakaria Z A, Salleh M Z
Abstract excerpt
WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVES: Testing for cytochrome P450-2C9 (CYP2C9) and vitamin K epoxide reductase complex subunit 1 (VKORC1) variant alleles is recommended by the FDA for dosing of warfarin. However, dose prediction models derived from data obtained in one population may not be applicable to another. We therefore studied the impact of genetic polymorphisms of CYP2C9 and VKORC1 on warfarin dose requirement in...
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