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Pharmacogenetic-Based Dosing of Warfarin
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Pharmacogenetic-Based Dosing of Warfarin
May 19, 2008 (Issue: 1286)
Warfarin sodium (Coumadin, and others) and other coumarin anticoagulants prevent thrombosis, but patient response is highly variable and overanticoagulation can lead to hemorrhage. Genotyping patients for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that...more
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