Polymorphic variants of xenobiotic metabolism genes and body mass index in schizophrenia patients receiving antipsychotic therapy

The use of atypical antipsychotic drugs has made metabolic disorders one of the most common side effect of pharmacotherapy for schizophrenic patients.The aim of this study was to assess the contribution of polymorphic variants of genes of the P450 cytochrome system Action to changes in body mass index in patients with schizophrenia.As a result of t

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Description of the larva of Alampoides alychnus (Kirsch, 1873), the first known species with bioluminescent immatures in Euplinthini (Elateridae, Agrypninae)

Mature larva of Alampoides alychnus (Kirsch) is described and compared to known Pyrophorini immatures.Larvae were collected live in the Other ICs soil of a region dominated by sugarcane plantation and gallery forest in Campo Novo dos Parecis, Mato Grosso, Brazil.They were maintained in laboratory and the pupal period lasted 14 days.This larva diffe

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Discharge and infection in retinoblastoma post-enucleation sockets

Daphne L Mourits,1 Dyonne T Hartong,1 Andries E Budding,2 Machteld I Bosscha,1 H Stevie Tan,1 Annette C Moll1 1Department of Ophthalmology, VU University Medical Center, 2Department of Microbiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Purpose: To investigate the causes and treatment options Toy Kitchens for socket discharge and infe

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