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Reduced growth hormone response to apomorphine in schizophrenic patients with poor premorbid social functioning |
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| Authors: | K. L. Malas D. P. van Kammen E. A. de Fraites G. M. Brown P. W. Gold |
| Affiliation: | (1) Psychiatry Service, VA Medical Center, Seattle, Washington;(2) Present address: Psychiatry Service, VA Medical Center and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;(3) Baltimore, Maryland, USA;(4) Department of Neuroscience, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada;(5) Clinical Center, NIMH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA |
| Abstract: | Summary The apomorphine-induced growth hormone (GH) response of 16 drug-free schizophrenic patients and nine control subjects were studied. The sub-group of nine patients with poor premorbid psychosocial functioning had a significantly lower GH response than the controls. Additional evidence for state dependent effects is provided. |
| Keywords: | Apomorphine prognosis growth hormone schizophrenia |
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