Influence of CYP2C9 and VKORC1 on patient response to warfarin: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Warfarin is a highly effective anticoagulant however its effectiveness relies on maintaining INR in therapeutic range. Finding the correct dose is difficult due to large inter-individual variability. Two genes, CYP2C9 and VKORC1, have been associated with this variability, leading to genotype-guided...

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Main Authors: Andrea L Jorgensen, Richard J FitzGerald, James Oyee, Munir Pirmohamed, Paula R Williamson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3430615?pdf=render