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Pharmacogenomics with antidepressants in the STAR*D study.
Pharmacogenomics - 1 Jul 2008
Lin Eugene, Chen Po See
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Major depressive disorder is one of the most common psychiatric disorders worldwide. No single antidepressant has been shown to be more effective than any other in lifting depression, and the effectiveness of any particular antidepressant in an individual is difficult to predict; therefore, doctors must prescribe antidepressants based on educated guesses. SNPs can be used in clinical association studies to...
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