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Dexamethasone Suppression Test: Different Categories of Response

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

P. C. W. Bowie
P. C. W. Bowie*
Affiliation:
Airedale General Hospital, Skipton Road, Keighley, West Yorkshire BD20 6TD
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 145 , Issue 2 , August 1984 , pp. 218 - 219
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1984 

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