Dexamethasone suppression tests in patients with panic disorder
- 1 July 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 140 (7) , 917-919
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.140.7.917
Abstract
Dexamethasone suppression tests were given to 10 patients with panic disorder and 22 depressed patients. All patients with panic disorder were normal suppressors, and 9 depressed patients were nonsuppressors. The mean cortisol levels of the 2 groups differed significantly.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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