The Pharmacogenetics of Coumarin Therapy
2005; Future Medicine; Volume: 6; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2217/14622416.6.5.503
ISSN1744-8042
AutoresDeepak Voora, Howard L. McLeod, Charles Eby, Brian F. Gage,
Tópico(s)Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects
ResumoVitamin K antagonists (coumarins) are widely-used oral anticoagulants for the prevention of venous thromboembolism and strokes. Wide inter-individual variation in dose response and frequent bleeds characterize the initiation of coumarin therapy. Over the past 10 years both genetic and nongenetic determinants of coumarin dose response have been identified. A comprehensive pharmacogenetics approach to warfarin therapy has the potential to improve the safety and efficiency of warfarin initiation.
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