Ginger-Associated Overanticoagulation by Phenprocoumon

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 257-260

  Krüth, Patricia ^a   Brosi, Eberhard ^b   Fux, Richard ^a   Mörike, Klaus ^a   Gleiter, Christoph H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Internal Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ginger; Phenprocoumon; Vitamin K antagonists

Indexed keywords

COUMARIN; GINGER EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PHENPROCOUMON; VITAMIN K GROUP;

AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; DRUG POTENTIATION; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; GINGER; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; PHENPROCOUMON;

EID: 1642458298     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1D225     Document Type: Article

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