Preliminary study of thyrotrophin releasing hormone stimulation test in chronic low back pain patients.

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Chronic pain has been considered as a variant of depression or as a masked depression. In an attempt to unravel the complex relationship between chronic pain and depression, we administered the TRH stimulation test to a uniform group of chronic pain patients classified into those with and without major depression using DSM-III criteria. Eighteen percent showed blunting of TSH response to TRH. There was no significant difference between the two groups.

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Duke Authors

Krishnan, K. Ranga Rama

Cited Authors

France, RD; Krishnan, KR; Goli, V; Manepalli, AN; Dickson, L

Published Date

October 1, 1986

Published In

Pain

Volume / Issue

27 / 1

Start / End Page

51 - 55

PubMed ID

2947031

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0304-3959

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United States