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Long-term anticoagulant effects of the CYP2C9 and VKORC1 genotypes in acenocoumarol users.
Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH - 1 Apr 2012
Verhoef T I, Redekop W K, Buikema M M, Schalekamp T, Van Der Meer F J M, Le Cessie S, Wessels J A M, Van Schie R M F, De Boer A, Teichert M, Visser L E, Maitland-Van Der Zee A H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The required acenocoumarol dose and the risk of underanticoagulation and overanticoagulation are associated with the CYP2C9 and VKORC1 genotypes. However, the duration of the effects of these genes on anticoagulation is not yet known. OBJECTIVES: In the present study, the effects of these polymorphisms on the risk of underanticoagulation and overanticoagulation over time after the start of...
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