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SUBMITTER: McCormack M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3428903 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
McCormack Mark M Urban Thomas J TJ Shianna Kevin V KV Walley Nicole N Pandolfo Massimo M Depondt Chantal C Chaila Elijah E O'Conner Gerard D GD Kasperavičiūtė Dalia D Radtke Rodney A RA Heinzen Erin L EL Sisodiya Sanjay M SM Delanty Norman N Cavalleri Gianpiero L GL
Pharmacogenomics 20120301 4
<h4>Aims</h4>An association between carbamazepine-induced hypersensitivity and HLA-A*3101 has been reported in populations of both European and Asian descent. We aimed to investigate HLA-A*3101 and other common variants across the genome as markers for cutaneous adverse drug reactions (cADRs) attributed to lamotrigine and phenytoin.<h4>Materials & methods</h4>We recruited patients with lamotrigine-induced cADRs (n = 46) and patients with phenytoin-cADRs (n = 44) and the 1958 British birth cohort ...[more]