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Dementia and the Abnormal Dexamethasone Suppression Test (Dst)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

B. Mahendra
B. Mahendra*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurological Sciences, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 144 , Issue 1 , January 1984 , pp. 98 - 99
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Copyright © 1984 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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