


From SNPedia

The HLA-B*1502 allele, found predominantly only among individuals with Asian ancestry, has been linked to side effects upon taking drugs such as carbamazepine.[PMID 15057820, PMID 16538176]

SNP tagging of HLA-B*1502 was described [PMID 16998491] based on the following two SNPs:

and is detected by gs220