ASSOCIATION BETWEEN HLA-DRBl* 07 ALLELE AND SUSCEPTIBILY TO INCREASED LEVELS OF ALAT FOLLOWING XIMELAGATRAN ADMINISTRATION

摘要

This invention relates to a method for administering a pharmaceutically useful anticoagulant drug to certain suitable patients and a method for identifying those patients suitable for receiving the drug. In particular, the invention surrounds the identification of an association between HLA-DRB1*07 allele and susceptibility to increased levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALAT) following ximelagatran administration. Thus, this invention relates to methods for predicting susceptibility to elevated ALAT following ximelagatran administration and to methods for administering a pharmaceutically useful anticoagulant drug to certain suitable patients.