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Dexamethasone Suppression Test: Different Categories of Response

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

P. C. W. Bowie*
Affiliation:
Airedale General Hospital, Skipton Road, Keighley, West Yorkshire BD20 6TD
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Abstract

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Type
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Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1984 

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