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VKORC1 and CYP2C9 genotype and patient characteristics explain a large proportion of the variability in warfarin dose requirement among children.
Blood - 19 Jan 2012
Biss Tina T, Avery Peter J, Brandão Leonardo R, Chalmers Elizabeth A, Williams Michael D, Grainger John D, Leathart Julian B S, Hanley John P, Daly Ann K, Kamali Farhad
Abstract excerpt
Although genetic and environmental factors explain approximately half of the interindividual variability in warfarin dose requirement in adults, there is limited information available in children. In a cross-sectional study of anticoagulated children from 5 tertiary care centers, 120 children with a stable warfarin dose were genotyped for VKORC1 (-1639G > A; rs9923231), CYP2C9 (*2 and *3 alleles; rs1799853 and...
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