Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 2 , Pages 123-126 , February 2002

Possible mechanisms of panic attack and schizophrenia via APUD system

Received 18 January 2001 ,Accepted 5 July 2001.

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PII: S0306-9877(01)91473-2

doi: 10.1054/mehy.2001.1473

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 2 , Pages 123-126 , February 2002

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