Diagnosis of endogenous depression
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Diagnosis of endogenous depression. Comparison of clinical, research and neuroendocrine criteria.
Eighty-nine depressed outpatients were studied by clinical criteria, Research Diagnostic Criteria (RDC), and the dexamethasone suppression test (DST) of neuroendocrine regulation. A simple outpatient version of the DST, requiring only one blood sample, correctly identified 40% of patients diagnosed clinically as endogenous depression (ED), with a specificity of 98% and a diagnostic confidence o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Affective Disorders
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0165-0327
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0327(80)90004-x