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Case report| Volume 21, ISSUE 4, P390-393, April 1986

The dexamethasone suppression test (DST) and platelet monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity as predictors of psychosis in depression

  • Kerry L. Bloomingdale
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    From the Section on Psychiatry, Department of Medicine, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, MAUSA

    From the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MAUSA
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  • Russell G. Vasile
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    From the Section on Psychiatry, Department of Medicine, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, MAUSA

    From the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MAUSA
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  • Jon E. Gudeman
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    From the Section on Psychiatry, Department of Medicine, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, MAUSA

    From the Neuropsycho pharmacology Laboratory, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston MAUSA

    From the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MAUSA
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  • Benjamin Gerson
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    From the Psychiatric Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Pathology, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, MAUSA
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  • Joseph J. Schildkraut
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    Address reprint requests to Dr. Joseph J. Schildkraut, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, 74 Fenwood Road, Boston, MA 02115.
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    From the Section on Psychiatry, Department of Medicine, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, MAUSA

    From the Psychiatric Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Pathology, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, MAUSA

    From the Neuropsycho pharmacology Laboratory, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston MAUSA

    From the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MAUSA
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