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Tyramine conjugation test for prediction of treatment response in depressed patients
A S Hale1, M Sandler, P Hannah
1Department of Psychiatry, United Medical School, St Thomas' Hospital, London.
Lancet (London, England)
|February 4, 1989
Abstract:
In a group of 30 patients with major unipolar depressive disorder urinary excretion of tyramine sulphate was measured after an oral dose of tyramine. There was a significant correlation between impaired tyramine conjugation and response to tricyclic antidepressant medication.