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Studies on abacavir-induced hypersensitivity reaction: a successful example of translation of pharmacogenetics to personalized medicine
1 Feb 2013
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Abacavir is an effective nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor used to treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients. Its main side effect is hypersensitivity reaction (HSR). The incidence of the HSR is associated with ethnicity among patients exposed to abacavir, and retrospective and prospective studies show a significantly increased risk of abacavir-induced HSR in human leukocyte...
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