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HLA-B*59:01: a marker for Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis caused by methazolamide in Han Chinese.
The pharmacogenomics journal - 1 Feb 2016
Yang F, Xuan J, Chen J, Zhong H, Luo H, Zhou P, Sun X, He L, Chen S, Cao Z, Luo X, Xing Q
Abstract excerpt
Methazolamide is an intraocular pressure-lowering drug that is used in the treatment of glaucoma and other ophthalmologic abnormalities. The use of methazolamide has been shown to cause Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) in patients of Asian ancestry. Methazolamid...
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