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HLA genotype and carbamazepine-induced cutaneous adverse drug reactions: a systematic review.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 Dec 2012
Yip V L, Marson A G, Jorgensen A L, Pirmohamed M, Alfirevic A
Abstract excerpt
Carbamazepine (CBZ) therapy is associated with cutaneous adverse reactions in up to 10% of patients. Predisposition to these hypersensitivity reactions has been linked to the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genotype. This systematic review determines the strength of these associations and accuracy of proposed genetic screening. We determined that carriage of HLA-B*1502 in Asian patients was associated with a pooled...
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