Blunted growth hormone responses to growth hormone-releasing factor and to clonidine in panic disorder

Blunted growth hormone (GH) responses to growth hormone-releasing factor (GH-RF) and clonidine have been reported in patients with panic disorder. In this study GH-RF and clonidine were administered to 13 patients with panic disorder and 20 healthy volunteers. Compared to the normal subjects, the pa...

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Published inThe American journal of psychiatry Vol. 150; no. 2; p. 336
Main Authors Tancer, M E, Stein, M B, Black, B, Uhde, T W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.02.1993
Subjects
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Clonidine - pharmacology
Diagnosis, Differential
Double-Blind Method
Female
Growth Hormone - blood
Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone - pharmacology
Humans
Male
Panic Disorder - blood
Panic Disorder - diagnosis
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Summary:Blunted growth hormone (GH) responses to growth hormone-releasing factor (GH-RF) and clonidine have been reported in patients with panic disorder. In this study GH-RF and clonidine were administered to 13 patients with panic disorder and 20 healthy volunteers. Compared to the normal subjects, the patients with panic disorder had significantly blunted GH responses after both GH-RF and clonidine.
ISSN:0002-953X
DOI:10.1176/ajp.150.2.336