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Analysis of the D4 dopamine receptor gene variant in an Italian schizophrenia kindred.
Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Apr 1994
Macciardi F, Petronis A, Van Tol H H, Marino C, Cavallini M C, Smeraldi E, Kennedy J L
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BACKGROUND: Among the different dopamine receptors, the D4 dopamine receptor is of particular interest in schizophrenia because of its high affinity for the atypical neuroleptic clozapine. Recently, the gene for the D4 dopamine receptor has been cloned and a new and intriguing polymorphism has been described. Different versions of the receptor have varying affinity for clozapine, and thus variant froms of D4 with...
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