Panic and phobic anxiety: Defining phenotypes for genetic studies

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1152-1162

  Smoller, Jordan W ^a   Tsuang, Ming T ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENETICS; HUMAN; PANIC; PERSONALITY; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0031695861     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.9.1152     Document Type: Article

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