Clonidine challenge in childhood anxiety disorder

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 655-662

  Sallee, Floyd R ^a,d   Richman, Harvey ^b   Sethuraman, Gopalan ^a   Dougherty, Doug ^c   Sine, Lauren ^e   Altman Hamamdzic, Sanja ^e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Georgia Southwestern College   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Anxiety; Challenge; Clonidine; Growth hormone

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CLONIDINE; GROWTH HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOOD; OBSESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0031806345     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199806000-00016     Document Type: Article

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