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Negative symptoms of schizophrenia could explain discrepant data on the association between the 5-HT2A receptor gene and response to antipsychotics.
Neuroscience letters - 22 Mar 2005
Hamdani Nora, Bonnière Mickaël, Adès Jean, Hamon Michel, Boni Claudette, Gorwood Philip
Abstract excerpt
Pharmacogenetic studies assessing the role of 5-HT(2A) receptor gene in antipsychotic efficacy yielded conflicting data. Phenotypical heterogeneity of schizophrenia might explain such discrepancies. For example, negative symptoms are known to reflect severity of illness and to restrain therapeutic response. On this basis, we re-assessed the possible influence of the -1438A/G polymorphism of the 5-HT(2A) receptor...
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