The safety of clopidogrel

Expert Opinion on Drug Safety

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-95

  Mangalpally, Kiran Kumar R ^a   Kleiman, Neal S ^b,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

bleeding; clopidogrel

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; CYTOCHROME P450 2C19; OMEPRAZOLE; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BODY MASS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; SIDE EFFECT; STROKE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; DRUG TOXICITY; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 78650479131     PISSN: 14740338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14740338.2011.532485     Document Type: Article

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