The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 123, Issue 5 , Pages 384-392 , May 2010

Cranberry Juice and Warfarin: When Bad Publicity Trumps Science

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 Funding: There was no sponsor for this study.

 Conflict of Interest: Jennifer Zikria, none; Raimonda Goldman, none; a prior study by Jack Ansell was supported in part by a grant from the Ocean Spray Co., and he has been a consultant for the Cranberry Institute of America.

 Authorship: Jennifer Zikria performed a literature search, created tables, performed data interpretation for case reports and clinical trials, and wrote the manuscript. Raimonda Goldman performed data interpretation for case reports and reviewed the manuscript. Jack Ansell reviewed, modified, and edited the manuscript.

PII: S0002-9343(09)00821-3

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.08.019

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 123, Issue 5 , Pages 384-392 , May 2010

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