Carbon dioxide test as an additional clinical measure of treatment response in panic disorder

OBJECTIVE: We aim to determine if a treatment with a dose of clonazepam - 2 mg/day, for 6 weeks, blocks spontaneous panic attacks and the ones induced by the inhalation of 35% carbon dioxide (CO2) in panic disorder (PD) patients. The CO2 challenge-test may be a useful addition tool for measuring the...

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Main Authors: Alexandre M. Valença, Antonio Egidio Nardi, Isabella Nascimento, Walter A. Zin, Márcio Versiani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2002-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2002000300003&tlng=en