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[Cortisol secretion rate 16 hours after dexamethasone administration in patients with major depression]
H Wichowicz1, J Landowski, P Sowiński
1I Kliniki Chorób Psychicznych AM w Gdańsku.
Psychiatria Polska
|July 1, 1997
Abstract:
Plasma cortisol level was measured 7 times between 3 and 5 pm in 34 inpatients with major depression and 25 controls. 1 mg of dexamethasone per os was administrated the day before a 11 pm. The maximum, minimum, mean and range of cortisol concentration were calculated. All these parameters were statistically significantly higher in the depressed group.
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