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No association between the COMT Val158Met polymorphism and the long-term clinical response in obsessive-compulsive disorder in the Japanese population.
Human psychopharmacology - 1 Sept 2015
Umehara Hidehiro, Numata Shusuke, Tajima Atsushi, Kinoshita Makoto, Nakaaki Shutaro, Imoto Issei, Sumitani Satsuki, Ohmori Tetsuro
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OBJECTIVE: Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) is an enzyme that participates in the metabolic inactivation of dopamine and norepinephrine, and the Met allele of the COMT Val158Met polymorphism is associated with lower enzymatic activity. The purpose of the present study was to investigate whethe...
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