Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 154-158 , March 2008

The prevalence of panic disorder in pregnant women during the third trimester of pregnancy

  • Ozkan Guler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Afyonkarahisar Kocatepe University, 03200 Afyon, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +90 272 217 1753; fax: +90 272 213 30 66.
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  • Figen Kir Sahin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Kocatepe University, 03200 Afyon, Turkey
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  • H. Murat Emul

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Afyonkarahisar Kocatepe University, 03200 Afyon, Turkey
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  • Omer Ozbulut

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Afyonkarahisar Kocatepe University, 03200 Afyon, Turkey
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  • Omer Gecici

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Afyonkarahisar Kocatepe University, 03200 Afyon, Turkey
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  • Faruk Uguz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Selçuk University, Konya 42080, Turkey
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  • Kazim Gezginc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Selçuk University, Konya 42080, Turkey
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  • Ismet Esra Zeytinci

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Selçuk University, Konya 42080, Turkey
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  • Savas Karatayli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Selçuk University, Konya 42080, Turkey
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  • Rustem Askin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Selçuk University, Konya 42080, Turkey

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2007.08.008

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 154-158 , March 2008

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