Taisei Mushiroda, Yukitoshi Takahashi, Teiichi Onuma, Yoshiaki Yamamoto, Tetsumasa Kamei, Tohru Hoshida, Katsuya Takeuchi, Kotaro Otsuka, Mitsutoshi Okazaki, Masako Watanabe, Kosuke Kanemoto, Tomohiro Oshima, Atsushi Watanabe, Shiro Minami, Kayoko Saito, Hisashi Tanii, Yasushi Shimo, Minoru Hara, Shinji Saitoh, Toshihiko Kinoshita, Masaki Kato, Naoto Yamada, Naoki Akamatsu, Toshihiko Fukuchi, Shigenobu Ishida, Shingo Yasumoto, Atsushi Takahashi, Takeshi Ozeki, Takahisa Furuta, Yoshiro Saito, Nobuyuki Izumida, Yoko Kano, Tetsuo Shiohara, Michiaki Kubo
Importance: Carbamazepine, a commonly used antiepileptic drug, is one of the most common causes of cutaneous adverse drug reactions (cADRs) worldwide. The allele HLA-A*31:01 is reportedly associated with carbamazepine-induced cADRs in Japanese and European populations; however, the clinical utility of HLA-A*31:01 has not been evaluated. Objective: To assess the use of HLA-A*31:01 genetic screening to identify Japanese individuals at risk of carbamazepine-induced cADRs...
April 2, 2018: JAMA Neurology