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Genetic Perils: Allopurinol Hypersensitivity Syndrome and Personalized Medicine

May 22, 2023

Allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome (AHS) affects approximately 1 in 1,000 patients prescribed allopurinol, with reported mortality rates between 20% and 25%. The risk of AHS is nearly 100 times higher in carriers of the HLA-B*58:01 allele than in nonca