Question 2 Should phenytoin and carbamazepine be avoided in Asian populations with the HLA-B*1502 positive genetic variant?

Authors :: Ganesan S
Hussain N
Source :: Archives of disease in childhood [Arch Dis Child] 2011 Jan; Vol. 96 (1), pp. 104-6.
Publication Year :: 2011

Subjects :: Child
Contraindications
Drug Eruptions ethnology
Epilepsy ethnology
Evidence-Based Medicine
HLA-B15 Antigen
Humans
Anticonvulsants
Asian People genetics
Carbamazepine
Drug Eruptions genetics
Epilepsy drug therapy
HLA-B Antigens genetics
Phenytoin

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