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Human leucocyte antigen class II genotype in susceptibility and resistance to co-amoxiclav-induced liver injury.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Dec 2010
Donaldson Peter T, Daly Ann K, Henderson Jill, Graham Julia, Pirmohamed Munir, Bernal William, Day Christopher P, Aithal Guruprasad P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Co-amoxiclav is one of the most common causes of drug-induced liver injury (DILI). Although there are previous reports of genetic associations between HLA class II and co-amoxiclav-related DILI, studies to date have been based on very small numbers from single centres only. In order to address this problem we have investigated the role of HLA class II DRB1 and DQB1 in 61 cases of co-amoxiclav...
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