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An association study between catechol-O-methyl transferase gene polymorphism and methamphetamine psychotic disorder.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Aug 2006
Suzuki Atsuko, Nakamura Kazuhiko, Sekine Yoshimoto, Minabe Yoshio, Takei Nori, Suzuki Katsuaki, Iwata Yasuhide, Kawai Masayoshi, Takebayashi Kiyokazu, Matsuzaki Hideo, Iyo Masaomi, Ozaki Norio, Inada Toshiya, Iwata Nakao, Harano Mutsuo, Komiyama Tokutaro, Yamada Mitsuhiko, Sora Ichiro, Ujike Hiroshi, Mori Norio
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: A series of methamphetamine psychosis reveals two kinds of clinical courses of methamphetamine psychosis: transient type and prolonged type. Furthermore, paranoid psychosis sometimes recurs without methamphetamine reuse, referred to as spontaneous relapse. Dysfunction of central dopaminergic neurotransmission has been implicated in the pathogenesis of these psychiatric states. Catechol-O-methyl...
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