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High Sensitivity of Human Leukocyte Antigen-B5701 as a Marker for Immunologically Confirmed Abacavir...

High Sensitivity of Human Leukocyte Antigen-B5701 as a Marker for Immunologically Confirmed Abacavir...

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High Sensitivity of Human Leukocyte Antigen-B5701 as a Marker for Immunologically Confirmed Abacavir Hypersensitivity in White and Black Patients

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Full title

High Sensitivity of Human Leukocyte Antigen-B5701 as a Marker for Immunologically Confirmed Abacavir Hypersensitivity in White and Black Patients

Publisher

Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press

Journal title

Clinical infectious diseases, 2008-04, Vol.46 (7), p.1111-1118

Language

English

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Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press

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Contents

Background. Although the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)–B*5701 is highly associated with a hypersensitivity reaction (HSR) to abacavir (ABC), variable sensitivities have been reported when clinical data alone have been used to define an ABC HSR. This study evaluated the sensitivity of detection of the HLA-B*5701 allele as a marker of ABC HSRs in bot...

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Full title

High Sensitivity of Human Leukocyte Antigen-B5701 as a Marker for Immunologically Confirmed Abacavir Hypersensitivity in White and Black Patients

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_69157286

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_69157286

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ISSN

1058-4838,1537-6591

E-ISSN

1537-6591

DOI

10.1086/529382

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