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The association study of polymorphisms in DAT, DRD2, and COMT genes and acute extrapyramidal adverse effects in male schizophrenic patients treated with haloperidol.
Journal of clinical psychopharmacology - 1 Oct 2013
Zivković Maja, Mihaljević-Peles Alma, Bozina Nada, Sagud Marina, Nikolac-Perkovic Matea, Vuksan-Cusa Bjanka, Muck-Seler Dorotea
Abstract excerpt
Extrapyramidal symptoms (EPSs) are common adverse effects of antipsychotics. The development of acute EPSs could depend on the activity of dopaminergic system and its gene variants. The aim of this study was to determine the association between dopaminergic type 2 receptor (DRD2) dopamine transporter (SLC6A3) and catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene polymorphisms and acute EPSs in 240 male schizophrenic...
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