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Warfarin pharmacogenetics.
Trends in cardiovascular medicine - 1 Jan 2015
Johnson Julie A, Cavallari Larisa H
Abstract excerpt
The cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2C9 and vitamin K epoxide reductase complex 1 (VKORC1) genotypes have been strongly and consistently associated with warfarin dose requirements, and dosing algorithms incorporating genetic and clinical information have been shown to be predictive of stable warfarin dose. However, clinical trials evaluating genotype-guided warfarin dosing produced mixed results, calling into question the...
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