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Brief report| Volume 22, ISSUE 9, P1151-1155, September 1987

Dexamethasone Nonsuppression and EEG Abnormalities

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3223(87)90056-4
Dexamethasone Nonsuppression and EEG Abnormalities
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      Publication history

      Received in revised form: January 12, 1987
      Received: August 7, 1986

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3223(87)90056-4

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      © 1987 Published by Elsevier Inc.

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