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Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1999

Filed:

Jan. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Maria Karayiorgou, New York, NY (US);

Joseph A Gogos, New York, NY (US);

Assignee:

The Rockfeller University, New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12P / ; C07H / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435 911 ; 435 912 ; 435810 ; 536 231 ; 536 2433 ; 935 76 ; 935 77 ; 935 78 ;
Abstract

Methods of identifying patients having a susceptibility to obsessive-compulsive disorder resultant from a reduced level of Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) are described. Therapies, utilizing COMT or COMT agonists, or dopamine antagonists in combination therewith, are also envisioned, as well as methods for determining the patients which will benefit the most from such therapies.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Karayiorgou, Maria. (1999). Method of treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (U.S. Patent No. 5863734). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5863734

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