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Warfarin resistance due to malabsorption
Author(s) -
TALSTAD I.,
GAMST O. N.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.625
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1365-2796
pISSN - 0954-6820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2796.1994.tb00826.x
Subject(s) - medicine , warfarin , malabsorption , intensive care medicine , atrial fibrillation
. A female patient developed warfarin resistance after 2 years of satisfactory therapy. Only a third of orally administered warfarin was absorbed, the clearance of warfarin was normal. The patient was also resistant for dicoumarol, while phenindione had satisfactory effect on the prothrombin time (PT).