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Association of dopaminergic and serotonergic genes with tardive dyskinesia in patients with chronic schizophrenia.
The pharmacogenomics journal - 1 Jan 2003
Segman R H, Goltser T, Heresco-Levy U, Finkel B, Shalem R, Schlafman M, Yakir A, Greenberg D, Strous R, Lerner A, Shelevoy A, Lerer B
Abstract excerpt
Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a long-term adverse effect of antipsychotic drugs that are dopamine D2 receptor blockers. Serotonin receptor antagonism has been proposed as a common mechanism contributing to the low extrapyramidal side effect profile of atypical antipsychotic drugs. We evaluated candidate dopamine and serotonin genes for association with drug-induced TD. We examined three polymorphisms in the dopamine...
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