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Warfarin

"Warfarin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An anticoagulant that acts by inhibiting the synthesis of vitamin K-dependent coagulation factors. Warfarin is indicated for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of venous thrombosis and its extension, pulmonary embolism, and atrial fibrillation with embolization. It is also used as an adjunct in the prophylaxis of systemic embolism after myocardial infarction. Warfarin is also used as a rodenticide.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Warfarin" by people in this website by year, and whether "Warfarin" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 29 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2012 and 2014 and 2016
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