The Dexamethasone Suppression Test in Essential Headache |
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| Authors: | Rita Formisano Paolo Falaschi Giuliana Cusimano Gianluigi Di Cesare Maria Gabriella Buzzi Antonella Proietti Teresa Catarci Rosanna Cerbo |
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| Affiliation: | 1st Chair Dept. of Neurological Science, "La Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.; 1st Medical Clinic, "La Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy. |
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| Abstract: | SYNOPSIS
After neuropsychological evaluation, we administered the dexamethasone suppression test to eleven patientssuffering from muscle-contraction headache and to thirteen patients affected by migraine, in order to verify a possiblecorrelation between a chronic pain such as headache and a cortisolemic response to dexamethasone. None of themappeared to be suffering from depressive syndrome; all patients were DST suppressors. These data suggest that thedexamethasone suppression test does not correlate with chronic pain, but with depression, consistent with the highspecificity of this marker test for depression. |
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