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Clinical Trial
. 1999 Dec;10(1):17-20.
doi: 10.1016/s0924-977x(99)00044-9.

Dopamine D3 receptor gene polymorphism and response to clozapine in schizophrenic Pakastani patients

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Dopamine D3 receptor gene polymorphism and response to clozapine in schizophrenic Pakastani patients

J Scharfetter et al. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 1999 Dec.

Abstract

The dopamine D3 receptor (DRD3) appears to play an important role in the mediation of antipsychotic drug action. Genetic association of treatment response to the atypical antipsychotic drug clozapine with the DRD3 polymorphism Ser9Gly was investigated in a sample of 32 schizophrenic patients. We found association of treatment response with allele Gly-9 (P=0.0058) and with genotypes consisting of Gly-9 (P=0.033) by this pharmacogenetic approach. A combined analysis with two previous studies (Shaikh et al., Hum. Genet. 97 (1996) 714-719; Malhotra et al., Mol. Psychiatry 3 (1998) 72-75) further substantiates these results (P=0.0041).

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