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Human leucocyte antigen-adverse drug reaction associations: from a perspective of ethnicity.
International journal of immunogenetics - 1 Feb 2017
Ghattaoraya G S, Middleton D, Santos E J M, Dickson R, Jones A R, Alfirevic A
Abstract excerpt
Whilst immune-mediated adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are rare, they are potentially life-threatening and present a major problem for clinicians. The underlying mechanisms that cause ADRs are not fully understood although genomewide association studies (GWAS) and case-control investigations have associated human leucocyte antigen (HLA) alleles as risk factors. There is evidence that a patient's ethnic background...
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