Baseline neuroendocrine function and diagnostic stability among patients with a nonmanic psychosis.
Psychotic patients underwent a dexamethasone suppression test (DST), careful diagnostic assessments at baseline and diagnostic reevaluations after 1 year. The predicted associations between baseline DST results and diagnosis were much clearer after prospective observation.
Coryell
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University of Iowa, Department of Psychiatry, Iowa City 52242.
Zimmermann
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Winokur
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Cadoret
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D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003907:Dexamethasone; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis
D003907:Dexamethasone; D006854:Hydrocortisone