Treatment of social phobia by endoscopic thoracic sympathicotomy

European Journal of Surgery, Supplement

Volumn 164, Issue 580, 1998, Pages 27-32

  Telaranta, Timo ^a  

^a Privatix Clinic   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Blushing; Endoscopic thoracic sympathicotomy; Hyperhidrosis; Palpitation; Social phobia; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPTOM; THORACOSCOPY; TREMOR; ENDOSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BLUSHING; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

EID: 0031596473     PISSN: 1102416X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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