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Lapatinib-induced liver injury characterized by class II HLA and Gilbert's syndrome genotypes.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 Apr 2012
Spraggs C F, Parham L R, Hunt C M, Dollery C T
Abstract excerpt
Lapatinib is a clinically important component of the treatment for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer and has an acceptable safety profile. Lapatinib-associated Hy's Law cases have been characterized using human leukocyte antigen (HLA) DQA1*02:01/DRB1*07:01 and Gilbert's syndrome UGT1A1*28/*28 genotypes. The HLA-positive cases had higher alanine aminotransferase (ALT) elevation, whereas the HLA-negative cases...
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