Prospective Genetic Screening Decreases the Incidence of Abacavir Hypersensitivity Reactions in the...
Prospective Genetic Screening Decreases the Incidence of Abacavir Hypersensitivity Reactions in the Western Australian HIV Cohort Study
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Rauch, A. , Nolan, D. , Martin, A. , McKinnon, E. , Almeida, C. and Mallal, Simon
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Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press
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English
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Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press
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Abacavir therapy is associated with significant drug hypersensitivity in ∼8% of recipients, with retrospective studies indicating a strong genetic association with the HLA-B*5701 allelle. In this prospective study, involving 260 abacavir-naive individuals (7.7% of whom were positive for HLA-B*5701), we confirm the usefulness of genetic risk stratif...
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Prospective Genetic Screening Decreases the Incidence of Abacavir Hypersensitivity Reactions in the Western Australian HIV Cohort Study
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_219977313
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_219977313
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1058-4838
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1537-6591
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10.1086/504874
