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Dexamethasone Suppression Test Normalisation and Treatment Outcome in Elderly Depressives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

S. Kutcher  and
K. Shulman
S. Kutcher
Affiliation:
Sunnybrook Medical Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3M5
K. Shulman
Affiliation:
Sunnybrook Medical Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3M5
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 147 , Issue 4 , October 1985 , pp. 453 - 454
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Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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