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Dopamine D3 receptor gene and tardive dyskinesia in Chinese schizophrenic patients.
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) - 1 Jan 2001
Garcia-Barceló M M, Lam L C, Ungvari G S, Lam V K, Tang W K
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Epidemiological studies have shown a lower prevalence of tardive dyskinesia (TD) among Chinese psychiatric patients compared to Caucasian and Black patient populations. It has been hypothesized that pharmacogenetic factors may underlie this cross-cultural difference. Due to the important implications of the dopamine D3 receptor gene (DRD3) in motor control, we investigated the frequency of polymorphic serine...
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