The role of hyperventilation: hypocapnia in the pathomechanism of panic disorder O papel da hiperventilação: a hipocapnia no patomecanismo do distúrbio de pânico

OBJECTIVE: The authors present a profile of panic disorder based on and generalized from the effects of acute and chronic hyperventilation that are characteristic of the respiratory panic disorder subtype. The review presented attempts to integrate three premises: hyperventilation is a physiological...

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Main Authors: Andras Sikter, Ede Frecska, Ivan Mario Braun, Xenia Gonda, Zoltan Rihmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2007-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462007000400015