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

• Published in: The 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
• Language: English
• 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

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...