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The dexamethasone suppression test in healthy controls
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The dexamethasone suppression test in healthy controls

Mark Zimmerman and William Coryell
Psychoneuroendocrinology, Vol.12(4), pp.245-251
1987
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4530(87)90048-5
PMID: 3310061

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Abstract

We have summarized the results of 53 studies which examined the dexamethasone suppression test in normal controls. Only 3.6% of 687 0800 hr postdexamethasone cortisol levels were above 5 μg/dl. Corresponding figures for 1600 hr and 2300 hr cortisol levels were 7.4% (

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