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Polymorphisms of dopamine receptor genes and risk of visual hallucinations in Parkinson's patients.
European journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Nov 2016
Ferrari M, Comi C, Marino F, Magistrelli L, De Marchi F, Cantello R, Riboldazzi G, Bono G, Cosentino M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Visual hallucinations (VHs) are frequent non-motor complication of Parkinson's disease (PD), associated to a negative prognosis. Previous studies showed an association between dopamine receptor (DR) gene (DR) variants and psychosis in Alzheimer's disease, addictions, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. However, there are only a few studies on DR variants and VHs in PD, which did not provide...
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