Preliminary study of thyrotrophin releasing hormone stimulation test in chronic low back pain patients.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
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
Cited Authors
- France, RD; Ranga, K; Krishnan, R; Goli, V; Manepalli, AN; Dickson, L
Published Date
- October 1, 1986
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 27 / 1
Start / End Page
- 51 - 55
PubMed ID
- 2947031
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0304-3959
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/0304-3959(86)90221-6
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States