Key result
Adrenaline-methacholine testing for autonomic function in psychiatric patients reveals highly variable techniques and contradictory results.
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Variability in techniques and contradictory results limit Funkenstein test reliability; leaves open its utility pending standardized validation studies.
J. T. ROSE (1962) conducted a review in Depression / Psychiatric conditions. Adrenaline-methacholine (Funkenstein) test was evaluated. The literature on the adrenaline-methacholine (Funkenstein) test for autonomic function in psychiatric patients shows great variation in techniques and contradictory results.
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