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Allotype specific interactions of drugs and HLA molecules in hypersensitivity reactions.
Current opinion in immunology - 1 Oct 2016
Illing Patricia T, Mifsud Nicole A, Purcell Anthony W
Abstract excerpt
It is hypothesised that associations between adverse drug reactions and specific alleles of the human leukocyte antigens arise due to specific interactions between the human leukocyte antigen molecules and the causative drug that stimulate immune responses targeting drug exposed tissues. To date this has only been definitively demonstrated for abacavir, an antiretroviral that causes a systemic adverse drug...
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