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Genetic and nongenetic factors influencing the response to clopidogrel.
Journal of cardiovascular medicine (Hagerstown, Md.) - 1 Dec 2013
Notarangelo Maria F, Bontardelli Federico, Merlini Piera Angelica
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The antiplatelet drug clopidogrel is a commonly prescribed therapy in patients with acute coronary syndrome. However, its clinical efficacy is hampered by a wide inter-patient response variability, with over 30% of patients treated with this drug experiencing an inadequate antiplatelet response. There are growing evidences that clopidogrel response variability is associated with cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzyme...
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