Optimizing the dose of dabigatran etexilate

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 741-743

  Posner, John ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DABIGATRAN; DABIGATRAN ETEXILATE; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLEEDING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; EMBOLISM; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PYRIDINES;

EID: 84867378322     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2012.04353.x     Document Type: Note

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