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Predictive factors for responding to sertraline treatment: views from plasma catecholamine metabolites and serotonin transporter polymorphism.
Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) - 1 Dec 2010
Umene-Nakano Wakako, Yoshimura Reiji, Ueda Nobuhisa, Suzuki Akihito, Ikenouchi-Sugita Atsuko, Hori Hikaru, Otani Koichi, Nakamura Jun
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In the present study, we investigated the effects of sertraline on plasma levels of 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG), homovanillic acid (HVA), and serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels in 59 depressed patients treated with sertraline. We also examined the relationship betwee...
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