Warfarin Genetic Test Study Results - Mayo Clinic and Medco

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Channel: Mayo Clinic · 2010 · Science & Technology

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Thomas Moyer, Ph.D., from the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic, describes how hospitalization rates for heart patients taking warfarin, the worlds most-prescribed blood thinner, dropped by approximately 30 percent when genetic information was available to doctors when prescribing the drug. More information available at http://newsblog.mayoclinic.org/2010/03/16/warfarin-genetic-test-cuts-hospital-admissions/

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