New treatment options for panic disorder: clinical trials from 2000 to 2010

Rafael C Freire1, Jaime E Hallak, José A Crippa

  • 1National Institute for Translational Medicine (INCT-TM), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Institute of Psychiatry, Laboratory of Panic and Respiration, Brazil.

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