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Efficacy and side-effects of clozapine not associated with variation in the 5-HT2C receptor.
Neuroreport - 27 May 1997
Rietschel M, Naber D, Fimmers R, Möller H J, Propping P, Nöthen M M
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In the present study we tested the hypothesis that individual response to clozapine treatment and/or the occurrence of side-effects may be influenced by genetic variation in the serotonin 5-HT2C receptor. We investigated the frequency of a common Cys23Ser substitution, which is known to alter the pharmacological properties of the protein, in 152 patients treated with clozapine. Presence of the Ser23 variant was...
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