| 20110118133 | METHODS TO IDENTIFY PATIENTS AT RISK OF DEVELOPING ADVERSE EVENTS DURING TREATMENT WITH ANTIDEPRESSANT MEDICATION - The invention provides a method of screening patients to identify those patients more likely to exhibit an increased risk of treatment-emergent suicidal ideation comprising: (a) obtaining a sample of genetic material from the patients, and (b) assaying the sample for the presence of a genotype in the patients which is associated with an increased risk of treatment-emergent suicidal ideation, wherein the genotype is characterized by a polymorphism in a gene selected from the group consisting of glutamine receptor, ionotropic, kainate 2 (GRIK2); glutamate receptor ionotropic AMPA 3 (GRIA3); and combinations thereof. | 05-19-2011 |
