Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 219-224 , May 2004

Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in patients with panic disorder

  • Albina Rodrigues Torres

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Botucatu Medical School, UNESP, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Albina Rodrigues Torres, M.D., Ph.D., Departamento de Neurologia e Psiquiatria, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, UNESP, Botucatu (SP) 18618-970, Brazil
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  • André Marcelo Dedomenico

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Botucatu Medical School, UNESP, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • André Luiz Crepaldi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Botucatu Medical School, UNESP, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Eurı́pedes Constantino Miguel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo Medical School, USP, São Paulo, Brazil

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☆ Supported in part by grants to E.C.M. from Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), grant 99/08560-6, and from Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientı́fico e Tecnológico (CNPQ), Brazil (521369/96-7).

PII: S0010-440X(04)00026-4

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.02.011

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 219-224 , May 2004

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