Double-blind acute clonazepam vs. placebo in carbon dioxide-induced panic attacks

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 179-184

  Nardi, Antonio Egidio ^a   Valença, Alexandre M ^a   Nascimento, Isabella ^a   Mezzasalma, Marco A ^a   Zin, Walter A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Carlos Chagas Filho Biophys I   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Carbon dioxide; Panic disorder

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLONAZEPAM; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLONAZEPAM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC; PANIC DISORDER;

EID: 0034656959     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(00)00135-9     Document Type: Article

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