Pretreatment urinary MHPG levels as predictors of antidepressant responses to alprazolam
- 1 March 1985
- journal article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 142 (3) , 366-367
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.142.3.366
Abstract
The authors present preliminary data showing that pretreatment levels of urinary 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG) were significantly higher in six depressed patients who responded to the antidepressant effects of alprazolam than in six depressed patients who showed no antidepressant response.Keywords
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