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[Prospective validation of a pharmacogenetic test: the PREDICT-1 study].
Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica - 1 May 2008
Muñoz de Benito Rosa M, Arribas López José Ramón
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the PREDICT-1 study was to determine the clinical utility of the pharmacogenetic test identifying HLA-B*5701 to reduce the incidence of hypersensitivity reaction to abacavir, diagnosed clinically and with immunological confirmation, as well as to reduce unwarranted withdrawal of this drug. In the PREDICT-1 study, 1,956 patients were randomized to be screened for HLA-B*5701 before starting abacavir...
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