Dexamethasone suppression test and clinical outcome in prepubertal depressed children



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Am J Psychiatry 1986; 143:1469-1470
Copyright © 1986 by American Psychiatric Association

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Dexamethasone suppression test and clinical outcome in prepubertal depressed children

EB Weller, RA Weller, MA Fristad, ML Cantwell and SH Preskorn

Hospitalized prepubertal depressed children with abnormal dexamethasone suppression test (DST) results were treated and given repeat DSTs at 6 weeks (N = 21) and 5 months (N = 14). DST results were significantly correlated with clinical status at 5 months but not at 6 weeks.

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