Hypochondriasis and illness phobia in panic-agoraphobic patients

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 124-131

  Benedetti, Alessandra ^a   Perugi, Giulio ^a,b   Toni, Cristina ^a   Simonetti, Beatrice ^a   Mata, Belen ^a   Cassano, Giovanni B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANIC; PREDICTION;

EID: 0031018947     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-440X(97)90092-4     Document Type: Article

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