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A segregation study of panic disorder in families of panic patients responsive to the 35% CO2 challenge.
Biological psychiatry - 15 Sept 1999
Cavallini M C, Perna G, Caldirola D, Bellodi L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A genetic component has a role in the etiology of Panic Disorder (PD) and a familial association between PD and CO2 hypersensitivity have been repeatedly described. METHODS: Complex segregation analysis was performed on a sample of 165 families of PD probands and on the subgroup homogeneous for CO2 hypersensitivity, using Regressive Logistic Models. The only relatives considered to be affected were...
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