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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 140, No. 2
REGULAR ARTICLES   |   February 01, 1983 
The dexamethasone suppression test in depressed outpatients and normal control subjects
Am J Psychiatry 1983;140:245-247.
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In contrast to a recently published report by Amsterdam and associates, the authors noted a higher frequency of abnormal dexamethasone suppression test results in 88 outpatients with primary depression (particularly the endogenous subtype) than in 49 normal controls.Abstract Teaser
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