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Normal Dexamethasone Suppression Test in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

W. Monteiro ,
I. M. Marks ,
H. Noshirvani  and
S. Checkley
W. Monteiro
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry and Maudsley Hospital, London SE5 8AF
I. M. Marks*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry and Maudsley Hospital, London SE5 8AF
H. Noshirvani
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry and Maudsley Hospital, London SE5 8AF
S. Checkley
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry and Maudsley Hospital, London SE5 8AF
*
∗Correspondence
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 148 , Issue 3 , March 1986 , pp. 326 - 329
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Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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