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Introduction of pharmacogenetic screening for the human leucocyte antigen (HLA) B*5701 variant in Polish HIV-infected patients.
HIV medicine - 1 May 2010
Parczewski M, Leszczyszyn-Pynka M, Wnuk A, Urbañska A, Fuksiñska K, Bander D, Boroñ-Kaczmarska A
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OBJECTIVE: Prospective pharmacogenetic screening for the human leucocyte antigen (HLA) B*5701 allele can significantly reduce the number of cases of abacavir-related hypersensitivity among HIV-infected patients treated with this drug. The aim of this study was to establish the frequency of the HLA B*5701 variant in HIV-infected Poles. METHODS: The sequence-specific primer (SSP) test was used to assess the...
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