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Predictors of warfarin dose requirements in South African patients attending an anticoagulation clinic.
Journal of vascular nursing : official publication of the Society for Peripheral Vascular Nursing - 1 Mar 2017
Schapkaitz Elise, Sithole Johanna
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INTRODUCTION: Warfarin is the most common oral anticoagulant for the treatment and prevention of thromboembolic disease. However, it has a wide interpatient variability in dose requirements due to various genetic and clinical factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study investigated the effect of clinical and genetic factors on the variability of warfarin dose requirements in 147 South African patients (81 white...
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