A case report of warfarin resistance due to azathioprine and review of the literature

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 355-357

  Havrda, Dawn E ^a   Rathbun, Suman ^b   Scheid, Dewey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; ENOXAPARIN; FERROUS SULFATE; MULTIVITAMIN; PREDNISONE; VITAMIN K GROUP; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; AZATHIOPRINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WARFARIN;

EID: 0035102381     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.21.3.355.34208     Document Type: Article

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5. Deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in pregnancy
6. Studies in rats on the mechanism by which 6-mercaptopurine inhibits the anticoagulant effect of warfarin