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The influence of VKORC1 and CYP2C9 gene sequence variants on the stability of maintenance phase warfarin treatment.
Thrombosis research - 1 Feb 2013
Skov Jane, Bladbjerg Else-Marie, Leppin Anja, Jespersen Jørgen
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INTRODUCTION: A substantial part of the inter-individual variation in vitamin K-antagonist dose can be explained by certain sequence variants in the genes CYP2C9 (NG_008385.1:g.8633C>T or *1/*2, NG_008385.1:g.47639A>C or *1/*3) and VKORC1 (NG_011564.1:g.6399C>T). Patients possessing these variant alleles require lower doses and have increased risk of overanticoagulation. METHODS: We investigated the influence of...
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