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Dopamine D4 receptor 48-bp repeat polymorphism: no association with response to antipsychotic treatment, but association with catatonic schizophrenia.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Jul 2000
Kaiser R, Könneker M, Henneken M, Dettling M, Müller-Oerlinghausen B, Roots I, Brockmöller J
Abstract excerpt
The dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) may play a role in the pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric disease and in the action of dopaminergic drugs. The 48-bp repeat polymorphism (48-bp VNTR) coding for a 16-amino acid segment in the third cytoplasmatic loop of the DRD4 was studied as a predictor of the therapeutic response to antipsychotics and as susceptibility factor for schizophrenia. We included 638 in-patients with...
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