Usage Pattern of Carbamazepine and Associated Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions in Singapore Following Implementation of HLA-B*15:02 Genotyping as Standard-of-Care

• Main Authors: Cynthia Sung (Author), Liesbet Tan (Author), Michael Limenta (Author), Ganga Ganesan (Author), Dorothy Toh (Author), Cheng Leng Chan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In April 2013, the Ministry of Health and Health Sciences Authority of Singapore jointly issued recommendations for HLA-B*15:02 genotyping before starting carbamazepine (CBZ) in new patients of Asian ancestry as standard of care. The Ministry of Health also approved a 75% subsidy for HLA-B*15:02 gen...