Clonazepam treatment of panic disorder in patients with recurrent chest pain and normal coronary arteries

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 97-105

  Wulsin, Lawson R ^c   Maddock, Richard ^a   Beitman, Bernard ^b   Dawaher, Rula ^c   Wells, Victoria E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c ML 559 ^*

Author keywords

Anxiety; Benzodiazepine; Chest pain; Clinical trial; Clonazepam; Panic disorder

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLONAZEPAM; PLACEBO;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PANIC; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHEST PAIN; CLONAZEPAM; CORONARY VESSELS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GABA MODULATORS; HUMANS; PANIC DISORDER; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0032968033     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/X6N2-8HYG-7LLJ-X6U2     Document Type: Article

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