La detección de HLA-B*58:01 en Asia-Pacífico es un imperativo ético, no sólo una cuestión de costes

Wei Leik Ng1, Emily Tsui Yee Tse2, Prawira Oka3,4

  • 1Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Journal of global health
|August 22, 2025
PubMed
Resumen

La detección del alelo HLA-B*58:01 antes de la prescripción de alopurinol puede prevenir las reacciones adversas cutáneas graves. Se recomienda un enfoque específico basado en el riesgo para lograr un acceso equitativo al cribado farmacogenómico en la región de Asia y el Pacífico.

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