Fiddleheads and the International Normalized Ratio

21 May 1998

journal article
letter
Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine

Vol. 338 (21) , 1550
https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199805213382118

Abstract

Many drugs and foods affect the response to oral anticoagulants.¹ We describe a change in the international normalized ratio (INR) that was caused by the consumption of fiddleheads.

Keywords

INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO
FIDDLEHEADS AND THE INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED
MEDICINE
ENGLAND
JOURNAL
CORRESPONDENCE

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