Age at onset of panic disorder: Influence of familial liability to the disease and of childhood separation anxiety disorder

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 152, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 1362-1364

  Battaglia, Marco ^a,b   Bertella, Silvana ^a   Politi, Ernestina ^a   Bernardeschi, Luana ^a   Perna, Giampaolo ^a   Gabriele, Angela ^a   Bellodi, Laura ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PANIC; PENETRANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPARATION ANXIETY;

EID: 0029131803     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.152.9.1362     Document Type: Article

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