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. 2005 Oct;2(10):e342.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020342. Epub 2005 Oct 25.

Pharmacogenetics in the management of coumarin anticoagulant therapy: the way forward or an expensive diversion?

Mike Greaves  1
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Pharmacogenetics in the management of coumarin anticoagulant therapy: the way forward or an expensive diversion?

Mike Greaves. PLoS Med. 2005 Oct.

Abstract

Greaves discusses a new study in PLoS Medicine that takes us closer to being able to adopt a pharmacogenetic approach to reduce bleeding risk from coumarin therapy.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: I have been a paid expert advisor, on an ad hoc basis, to AstraZeneca (London, United Kingdom), a company developing thrombin inhibitors. I have no financial interest in this company's success (I have no shares in the company, nor have I received grants or awards from the company).

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