QT dispersion in patients with social phobia

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-26

  Nahshoni, Eitan ^a,b   Gur, Shay ^a,b   Marom, Sofi ^a,b   Levin, Jennifer B ^a,b   Weizman, Abraham ^a,b,c   Hermesh, Haggai ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Autonomic nervous system; ECG; Heart; QT dispersion; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC ANXIETY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIEBOWITZ SOCIAL ANXIETY SCALE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT DISPERSION; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

EID: 0347481490     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(02)00052-6     Document Type: Article

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