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Rapid screening for the detection of HLA‐B57 and HLA‐B58 in prevention of drug hypersensitivity
19 Apr 2011
Abstract excerpt
HLA-B57 and HLA-B58 are major histocompatibility class (MHC)-I allotypes that are potentially predictive of important clinical immune phenotypes. HLA-B*5701 is strongly associated with hypersensitivity to the HIV drug abacavir, liver toxicity from the antibiotic flucloxacillin and is a marker for slow progression of HIV AIDS. HLA-B*5801 is associated with hypersensitivity to allopurinol used to treat...
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