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Mutation involving cytochrome P450IID6 in two Japanese patients with neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 18 Sept 1998
Kawanishi C, Shimoda Y, Fujimaki J, Onishi H, Suzuki K, Hanihara T, Sugiyama N, Kosaka K
Abstract excerpt
Cytochrome P450IID6 (CYP2D6) plays an important role in the hepatic metabolism of various psychotropic drugs. We detected a mutation of the CYP2D6 gene in two patients who previously had episodes of neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS). They were homozygous for a mutated CYP2D6J allele conferring a poor-metabolizer phenotype. Possession of this trait may contribute to susceptibility to NMS.
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