Dopamine D2 receptor Taq A1 allele predicts treatment compliance of LG839 in a subset analysis of pilot study in the Netherlands

Gene Therapy and Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 129-140

  Blum, Kenneth ^a,e,h   Chen, Thomas J H ^b   Chen, Amanda L C ^b   Rhoades, Patrick ^c   Prihoda, Thomas J ^d   Downs, B William ^e   Bagchi, Debasis ^f,g   Bagchi, Manashi ^f   Blum, Seth H ^h   Williams, Lonna ^e   Braverman, Eric R ⁱ   Kerner, Mallory ⁱ   Waite, Roger L ^e   Quirk, Brien ^j   White, Lisa ^k,m   Reinking, Jeffrey ^l  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Comphrehensive Obesity Clinic ^*  (United States)

^d University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^e LifeGen Inc   (United States)

^f InterHealth Nutraceuticals Inc   (United States)

^g CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Synaptamine Inc   (United States)

ⁱ WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^j Draco Natural Products Inc   (United States)

^k BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m DNA Services of America   (United States)

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Author keywords

Aminoacids; Dopamine genetics; Drd2gene; LG839; Pharmacogenomics; Pharmcogenetics; Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849101695     PISSN: 15299120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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