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Association of clozapine-induced weight gain with a polymorphism in the leptin promoter region in patients with chronic schizophrenia in a Chinese population.
Journal of clinical psychopharmacology - 1 Jun 2007
Zhang Xiang Yang, Tan Yun Long, Zhou Dong Feng, Haile Colin N, Cao Lian Yuan, Xu Qi, Shen Yan, Kosten Therese A, Kosten Thomas R
Abstract excerpt
Weight gain is a problem commonly encountered with antipsychotic treatment and has become more apparent with increasing use of the newer atypical antipsychotics. The adipocyte-derived hormone, leptin, has been associated with body weight and energy homeostasis, and abnormal regulation of leptin could play a role in weight gain induced by antipsychotics. We investigated whether a leptin gene promoter variant...
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