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Warfarin toxicity and individual variability-clinical case.
Toxins - 1 Nov 2010
Piatkov Irina, Rochester Colin, Jones Trudi, Boyages Steven
Abstract excerpt
Warfarin is a widely used anticoagulant in the treatment and prevention of thrombosis, in the treatment for chronic atrial fibrillation, mechanical valves, pulmonary embolism, and dilated cardiomyopathy. It is tasteless and colorless, was used as a poison, and is still marketed as a pesticide against rats and mice. Several long-acting warfarin derivatives-superwarfarin anticoagulants-such as brodifacoum,...
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