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The impact of CYP2D6 and CYP2C19 polymorphisms on suicidal behavior and substance abuse disorder among patients with schizophrenia: a retrospective study.
Therapeutic drug monitoring - 1 Jun 2008
Kobylecki Camilla J, Hansen Thomas, Timm Sally, Wang August, Jakobsen Klaus D, Sørensen Holger J, Rasmussen Henrik B, Werge Thomas
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Suicidal behavior and substance abuse are frequent phenomena among patients with schizophrenia and may be attributable in part to antipsychotic treatment failure. Individuals who carry functional variants of the CYP2D6 and CYP2C19 genes, shown to cause altered drug metabolism of psychoactive drug...
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