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Combined HTR2C-LEP genotype as a determinant of obesity in patients using antipsychotic medication.
Journal of clinical psychopharmacology - 1 Dec 2010
Gregoor Jochem G, Mulder Hans, Cohen Dan, van Megen Harold J G M, Egberts Toine C G, Heerdink Eibert R, van der Weide Jan
Abstract excerpt
Obesity is one of the most serious common somatic adverse effects of atypical antipsychotic agents. Genetic factors partly determine the individual patients risk of developing obesity during treatment. As weight-regulating mechanisms, such as the leptinergic and serotonergic system, may be interdependent, genetic polymorphisms in these systems also may show interactions. To determine whether combined HTR2CLEP...
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