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Clinical pharmacogenetics implementation consortium guidelines for CYP2C9 and HLA-B genotypes and phenytoin dosing.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 Nov 2014
Caudle K E, Rettie A E, Whirl-Carrillo M, Smith L H, Mintzer S, Lee M T M, Klein T E, Callaghan J T
Abstract excerpt
Phenytoin is a widely used antiepileptic drug with a narrow therapeutic index and large interpatient variability, partly due to genetic variations in the gene encoding cytochrome P450 (CYP)2C9 (CYP2C9). Furthermore, the variant allele HLA-B*15:02, encoding human leukocyte antigen, is associated with an increased risk of Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis in response to phenytoin treatment. We...
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