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Pharmacogenetics and antipsychotics: therapeutic efficacy and side effects prediction

Jian-Ping Zhang1, Anil K Malhotra

  • 1The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Feinstein Institute of Medical Research, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Division of Psychiatry Research, Department of Psychiatry, Glen Oaks, NY 11004, USA. jzhang1@nshs.edu

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