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Brief report| Volume 22, ISSUE 6, P792-795, June 1987

Dexamethasone suppression test in schizophrenic patients: Report from India

  • S. Joseph
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    From the Departments of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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  • P. Kulhara
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    Address reprint requests to Dr. P. Kulhara, Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh -160012, India.
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    From the Departments of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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  • R.J. Dash
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    From the Departments of Endocrinology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3223(87)90216-2
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      Received in revised form: November 13, 1986
      Received: August 25, 1986
      The authors are grateful to the World Health Organization for providing matched reagents for the radioimmunoassay of Cortisol and to Mr. B.R. Sharma for expert technical assistance.

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3223(87)90216-2

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      © 1987 Society of Biological Psychiatry. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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