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Vitamin K antagonists in children with heart disease: height and VKORC1 genotype are the main determinants of the warfarin dose requirement.
Blood - 19 Jan 2012
Moreau Caroline, Bajolle Fanny, Siguret Virginie, Lasne Dominique, Golmard Jean-Louis, Elie Caroline, Beaune Philippe, Cheurfi Radhia, Bonnet Damien, Loriot Marie-Anne
Abstract excerpt
Managing vitamin K antagonist (VKA) therapy is challenging in children because of a narrow therapeutic range and wide inter- and intra-individual variability in dose response. Only a few small studies have investigated the effect of nongenetic and genetic factors on the dose response to VKAs in children. In a cohort study including 118 children (median age 9 years; range, 3 months-18 years) mostly with cardiac...
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