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Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium guidelines for human leukocyte antigen-B genotype and allopurinol dosing.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 Feb 2013
Hershfield M S, Callaghan J T, Tassaneeyakul W, Mushiroda T, Thorn C F, Klein T E, Lee M T M
Abstract excerpt
Allopurinol is the most commonly used drug for the treatment of hyperuricemia and gout. However, allopurinol is also one of the most common causes of severe cutaneous adverse reactions (SCARs), which include drug hypersensitivity syndrome, Stevens–Johnson syndrome, and toxic epidermal necrolysis. A variant allele of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B, HLA-B*58:01, associates strongly with allopurinolinduced...
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