Tumour necrosis factor haplotypes associated with sensory neuropathy in Asian and Caucasian human immunodeficiency virus patients

• Main Authors: Chew, C.S.N., Cherry, C.L., Imran, D., Yunihastuti, E., Kamarulzaman, A., Varna, S., Ismail, R., Phipps, M., Aghafar, Z., Gut, I., Price, P.
• Format: Article
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/4626/

In human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients, neuropathy is a common adverse side effect to some antiretroviral treatments, particularly stavudine. As stavudine is cheap, it is widely used in Asia and Africa. We showed that increasing age and height moderately predict the development of neuropathy...