Serotonin receptor variants in disease: new therapeutic opportunities?

doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10168.x

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Serotonin receptor variants in disease: new therapeutic opportunities?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 15 Dec 1998

Peroutka S J

Abstract excerpt

This review describes a novel genetic approach to the assessment of receptor function that is based on association studies of polymorphisms within human genes. The realization that variations within human genes may significantly affect gene function has led to increased use of this approach in re...

Topics

Antipsychotic Agents
Depressive Disorder
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Genetic Variation
Humans
Point Mutation
Polymorphism, Genetic
Receptors, Serotonin
Schizophrenia

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