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No association of antipsychotic agent-induced weight gain with a DA receptor gene polymorphism and therapeutic response.
Acta pharmacologica Sinica - 1 Mar 2003
Zhang Zhi-Jun, Yao Zhi-Jian, Zhang Xiao-Bin, Chen Jian-Fang, Sun Jing, Yao Hui, Hou Gang, Zhang Xin-Bao
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To investigate whether there is an association of antipsychotic agent-induced weight gain with the TaqI A polymorphism of dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) gene and therapeutic response to antipsychotic treatment in schizophrenia. METHODS: Genotyping was performed using the PCR-RFLP techniques in a total of 117 first-episode Chinese Han schizophrenic patients (mean age 26+/-8 a; 58 male, 59 female). Moreover, the...
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