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PROVIDER: EGAS00000000037 | EGA |
REPOSITORIES: EGA
The New England journal of medicine 20110301 12
<h4>Background</h4>Carbamazepine causes various forms of hypersensitivity reactions, ranging from maculopapular exanthema to severe blistering reactions. The HLA-B*1502 allele has been shown to be strongly correlated with carbamazepine-induced Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis (SJS-TEN) in the Han Chinese and other Asian populations but not in European populations.<h4>Methods</h4>We performed a genomewide association study of samples obtained from 22 subjects with carbamaze ...[more]