Hypersensitivity to inhalation of carbon dioxide and panic attacks.

doi:10.1016/0165-1781(95)02723-a

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Hypersensitivity to inhalation of carbon dioxide and panic attacks.

Psychiatry research - 28 Aug 1995

Perna G, Gabriele A, Caldirola D, Bellodi L

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Thirteen healthy subjects with infrequent panic attacks and without agoraphobia who did not meet DSM-III-R criteria for panic disorder, 43 patients with panic disorder, and 43 healthy control subjects who never experienced panic attacks underwent one vital capacity inhalation of 35% CO2. Healthy...

Topics

Administration, Inhalation
Adult
Agoraphobia
Arousal
Carbon Dioxide
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Genetic Markers
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Panic Disorder
Personality Assessment
Phenotype
Risk Factors

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