Implications of HLA-allele associations for the study of type IV drug hypersensitivity reactions.

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INTRODUCTION: Type IV drug hypersensitivity remains an important clinical problem and an obstacle to the development of new drugs. Several forms of drug hypersensitivity are associated with expression of specific HLA alleles. Furthermore, drug-specific T-lymphocytes have been isolated from patients with reactions. Despite this, controversy remains as to how drugs interact with immune receptors to stimulate a...

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