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Association of the Ser9Gly polymorphism in the dopamine D3 receptor gene with tardive dyskinesia in Korean schizophrenics.
Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences - 1 Aug 2002
Woo Sung-il, Kim Jae Won, Rha Eugene, Han Sun-ho, Hahn Kyu-hee, Park Chul-soo, Sohn Jin-wook
Abstract excerpt
Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is usually regarded as one of the most serious side-effects of the long-term usage of neuroleptics due to its high prevalence and potentially irreversible nature. Previously, several genetic polymorphisms were investigated for an association with TD in various ethnic populations. Among them, the Ser9Gly variant in the MscI restriction site of the dopamine D3 receptor gene was reported to...
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