Clarithromycin-oral anticoagulants interaction: Report of five cases

Clinical Drug Investigation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 220-222

  Sánchez, Blanca ^a   Muruzábal, María J ^b   Peralta, Galo ^b   Santiago, Gervasio ^b   Castilla, Alberto ^b   Aguilera, José P ^b   Arjona, Rafael ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SIERRALLANA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0030968053     PISSN: 11732563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00044011-199713040-00007     Document Type: Article

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