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HLA-B5701 Screening for Hypersensitivity to Abacavir

HLA-B5701 Screening for Hypersensitivity to Abacavir

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HLA-B5701 Screening for Hypersensitivity to Abacavir

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Full title

HLA-B5701 Screening for Hypersensitivity to Abacavir

Publisher

United States: Massachusetts Medical Society

Journal title

The New England journal of medicine, 2008-02, Vol.358 (6), p.568-579

Language

English

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Publication information

Publisher

United States: Massachusetts Medical Society

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Hypersensitivity reactions to abacavir are tightly associated with HLA-B*5701. In this global, multicenter, prospective, randomized study, 1956 patients with HIV-1 infection who had not previously received abacavir were randomly assigned to undergo HLA-B*5701 screening or to receive the standard of care. Screening eliminated immunologically confirm...

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Full title

HLA-B5701 Screening for Hypersensitivity to Abacavir

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_journals_223926284

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_223926284

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ISSN

0028-4793

E-ISSN

1533-4406

DOI

10.1056/NEJMoa0706135

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