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Association of monoaminergic gene polymorphisms in chronic inflammatory pulmonary disease patients with successful smoking cessation.
BMC pulmonary medicine - 26 Aug 2024
Mikaczo Angela, Papp Csaba, Erdei Tamas, Posa Aniko, Zahuczky Gabor, Varga Csaba, Szabo Janos, Gesztelyi Rudolf, Szilasi Maria, Zsuga Judit
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BACKGROUND: Albeit smoking cessation has unequivocal health benefits, attempts to quit are not unanimous, even in patient populations at high risk for smoking-related diseases cessation. Allelic variations of enzymes involved in dopamine metabolism are being considered as candidates for nicotine addiction. We set out to assess whether rs4680 G/A and rs2235186 G/A polymorphisms of COMT and MAO-A, respectively are...
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