The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE1286
May 19, 2008
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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