1. Investigating the association of Lamotrigine and Phenytoin-induced Stevens-Johnson syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis with HLA-B*1502 in Iranian population.
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Sabourirad S, Mortezaee R, Mojarad M, Eslahi A, Shahrokhi Y, Kiafar B, Jarahi L, Afkhami Ardakani S, and Farrokhi S
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- Adult, Alleles, Case-Control Studies, Female, Humans, Iran, Male, Middle Aged, Predictive Value of Tests, Risk Factors, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome etiology, Young Adult, Anticonvulsants adverse effects, HLA-B15 Antigen genetics, Lamotrigine adverse effects, Phenytoin adverse effects, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome genetics
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Previous studies have found an association between HLA-B*1502 allele and lamotrigine-induced Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS)/ toxic epidermal necrosis (TEN) spectrum in Han Chinese populations. This study aims to investigate the association between HLA-B*1502 and lamotrigine- or phenytoin- induced SJS/TEN in an Iranian population. The medical records of twenty-eight lamotrigine-induced SJS/TEN patients and twenty-five lamotrigine-tolerant controls as well as eight phenytoin-induced SJS/TEN and twelve phenytoin-tolerant controls were extracted between March 2013 and March 2019 from the university hospitals in Mashhad, Iran. The presence of HLA-B*1502 allele was determined using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Among lamotrigine-induced patients with SJS/TEN, 11 (39.3%) patients tested positive for the HLA-B*1502 while only 3 (12.0%) of the lamotrigine-tolerant controls tested positive for this allele. The risk of lamotrigine-induced SJS/TEN was significantly higher in patients with HLA-B*1502, with an odds ratio (OR) of 4.74 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.14-19.73, p = 0.032]. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of HLA-B*1502 for lamotrigine-induced SJS/TEN was 39.29%, 88.00%, 78.57% and 56.41%, respectively. The HLA-B*1502 allele was present in 2 (25.0%) of phenytoin-induced SJS/TEN cases and 5 (41.7%) of the phenytoin-tolerant controls tested positive for HLA-B*1502 allele. The risk of phenytoin-induced SJS/TEN was not higher in the patients with HLA-B*1502 (OR = 0.467 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.065-3.34, p = 0.642]). Lamotrigine-induced SJS/TEN is associated with HLA-B*1502 allele in an Iranian population but this is not the case for phenytoin-induced SJS/TEN., (© 2020 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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- 2021
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