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Negative association between catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene Val158Met polymorphism and persistent tardive dyskinesia in schizophrenia.
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) - 1 Aug 2005
Lai I-C, Wang Y-C, Lin C-C, Bai Y-M, Liao D-L, Yu S-C, Lin C-Y, Chen J-Y, Liou Y-J
Abstract excerpt
Chronic administration of typical antipsychotic agents, which mainly act on the dopamine receptors, implicates a role of dopamine system on the susceptibility of tardive dyskinesia (TD). In the present study, the association between a functional Val158Met polymorphism of Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene and TD occurrence and TD severity was investigated in 299 Chinese schizophrenic patients with long-term...
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