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Can pharmacogenetics help patients under chronic treatment with coumarin anticoagulants?
Drug metabolism and personalized therapy - 1 Dec 2016
López Isabel, Sangüesa Estela, Vancraenendonck Yves, Zuriaga Estefanía, Ribate María Pilar, García Cristina Belén
Abstract excerpt
Vitamin K antagonists are highly effective antithrombotic drugs. However, appropriate dosing is difficult to establish owing to its narrow therapeutic window as well as widespread inter- and intra-individual variability in dosage. Compared with dosing solely based on clinical information, pharmacogenetics can help improve the therapy with coumarins by decreasing the time to reach a stable dose and reducing the...
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