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Cost-effectiveness of HLA-DQB1/HLA-B pharmacogenetic-guided treatment and blood monitoring in US patients taking clozapine.
The pharmacogenomics journal - 1 Apr 2019
Girardin François R, Poncet Antoine, Perrier Arnaud, Vernaz Nathalie, Pletscher Mark, F Samer Caroline, Lieberman Jeffrey A, Villard Jean
Abstract excerpt
Less than 1% of adult patients with schizophrenia taking clozapine develop agranulocytosis, and most of these cases occur within the first weeks of treatment. The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region has been associated with genetic susceptibility to clozapine-induced agranulocytosis (single amino acid changes in HLA-DQB1 (126Q) and HLA-B (158T)). The current study aimed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness, from a...
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