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A multi-factorial analysis of response to warfarin in a UK prospective cohort.
Genome medicine - 6 Jan 2016
Bourgeois Stephane, Jorgensen Andrea, Zhang Eunice J, Hanson Anita, Gillman Matthew S, Bumpstead Suzannah, Toh Cheng Hock, Williamson Paula, Daly Ann K, Kamali Farhad, Deloukas Panos, Pirmohamed Munir
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BACKGROUND: Warfarin is the most widely used oral anticoagulant worldwide, but it has a narrow therapeutic index which necessitates constant monitoring of anticoagulation response. Previous genome-wide studies have focused on identifying factors explaining variance in stable dose, but have not explored the initial patient response to warfarin, and a wider range of clinical and biochemical factors affecting both...
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