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Acetylation phenotype, platelet monoamine oxidase inhibition, and the effectiveness of phenelzine in depression.

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Davidson, J; McLeod, MN; Blum, MR
Published in: Am J Psychiatry
April 1978

The authors treated 16 depressed patients with up to 90 mg/day of phenelzine. After acetylation phenotype was determined and platelet monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity measured, no significant relationship was observed between clinical improvement and acetylation phenotype or between MAO inhibition and acetylation. Discrepant findings regarding acetylation phenotype and the effects of phenelzine are discussed. The authors do not recommend a sulfamethazine phenotype test as a predictor of outcome for phenelzine.

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Am J Psychiatry

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0002-953X

Publication Date

April 1978

Volume

135

Issue

4

Start / End Page

467 / 469

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sulfamethazine
  • Psychiatry
  • Phenotype
  • Phenelzine
  • Monoamine Oxidase
  • Humans
  • Drug Evaluation
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Depression
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
 

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Davidson, J., McLeod, M. N., & Blum, M. R. (1978). Acetylation phenotype, platelet monoamine oxidase inhibition, and the effectiveness of phenelzine in depression. Am J Psychiatry, 135(4), 467–469. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.4.467
Davidson, J., M. N. McLeod, and M. R. Blum. “Acetylation phenotype, platelet monoamine oxidase inhibition, and the effectiveness of phenelzine in depression.Am J Psychiatry 135, no. 4 (April 1978): 467–69. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.4.467.
Davidson, J., et al. “Acetylation phenotype, platelet monoamine oxidase inhibition, and the effectiveness of phenelzine in depression.Am J Psychiatry, vol. 135, no. 4, Apr. 1978, pp. 467–69. Pubmed, doi:10.1176/ajp.135.4.467.
Davidson J, McLeod MN, Blum MR. Acetylation phenotype, platelet monoamine oxidase inhibition, and the effectiveness of phenelzine in depression. Am J Psychiatry. 1978 Apr;135(4):467–469.
Journal cover image

Published In

Am J Psychiatry

DOI

ISSN

0002-953X

Publication Date

April 1978

Volume

135

Issue

4

Start / End Page

467 / 469

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sulfamethazine
  • Psychiatry
  • Phenotype
  • Phenelzine
  • Monoamine Oxidase
  • Humans
  • Drug Evaluation
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Depression
  • Clinical Trials as Topic