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Interactive effect of cytochrome P450 17alpha-hydroxylase and dopamine D3 receptor gene polymorphisms on abnormal involuntary movements in chronic schizophrenia.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Feb 2002
Segman Ronnen H, Heresco-Levy Uriel, Yakir Avi, Goltser Tanya, Strous Rael, Greenberg David A, Lerer Bernard
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BACKGROUND: Tardive dyskinesia is a chronic adverse effect of anti psychotic drugs, where association with a polymorphic site in the dopamine D3 receptor gene has been previously reported. Cytochrome P 450 17alpha-hydroxylase activity has been implicated with modulation of central dopamine release as well as neuroprotection. We investigated the association of a T -->C variation in the cytochrome P 450...
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