Article
Genetic screening for human leukocyte antigen alleles prior to carbamazepine treatment.
Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia - 1 Dec 2015
Tan Jeremy C K, Murrell Dedee F, Hersch Mark I
Abstract excerpt
We describe a 28-year-old Malaysian Australian man of Han Chinese descent with toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), occurring 2 weeks after commencing carbamazepine. He was subsequently found to be positive for human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B*1502. Carbamazepine-induced Stevens-Johnson syndrome/TEN...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
