Abnormal Results of Dexamethasone Suppression Tests in Nondepressed Patients With Diabetes Mellitus

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 1984, Pages 1086-1089

  Hudson, James I ^a   Hudson, Margo S ^b   Rothschild, Anthony J ^a   Vignati, Louis ^b   Schatzberg, Alan F ^a   Melby, James C ^c  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEXAMETHASONE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0021191616     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1983.01790220076012     Document Type: Article

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