INR elevation with maitake extract in combination with warfarin

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 223-224

  Hanselin, Michele R ^a   Vande Griend, Joseph P ^a   Linnebur, Sunny A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRIFRON PRO MAITAKE D FRACTION; MAITAKE EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WARFARIN;

AGED; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GRIFOLA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LETTER; MAITAKE; MALE; METASTASIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; GRIFOLA; HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; WARFARIN;

EID: 74549213098     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1M510     Document Type: Letter

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