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Panic Attacks

Known as: Attack, Panic, Attacks, Panic, Panic attack 
An episode of intense fear accompanied by symptoms such as heart palpitations, sweating and chills or hot flushes, a sensation of dyspnea, chest pain… 
National Institutes of Health

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AgoraphobiaAnxiety stateMyoclonic dystoniaPhobic anxiety disorder

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Mental disordersPanic Disorder

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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
CO2-induced panic attacks: a twin study.
OBJECTIVE The authors investigated the role of genetic factors in 35% CO2-induced panic attacks. METHOD Ninety twins recruited… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Hypersensitivity to carbon dioxide as a disease-specific trait marker
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Clonazepam in the treatment of panic disorder with or without agoraphobia: a dose-response study of efficacy, safety, and discontinuance. Clonazepam Panic Disorder Dose-Response Study Group.
In this multicenter, parallel-group, placebo-controlled, fixed-dose study, the efficacy, safety, dosing characteristics, and… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Epidemiology of Panic Disorder
International community surveys generally agree that panic disorder occurs in adults with a lifetime prevalence of up to 3 per… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
A meta-analysis of treatments for panic disorder with agoraphobia: imipramine, alprazolam, and in vivo exposure.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
A comparison of sodium bicarbonate and sodium lactate infusion in the induction of panic attacks.
Infusion of sodium lactate has been shown by a number of investigators to induce panic in patients with panic disorder, but the… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Phenomenology of panic attacks: a descriptive study of panic disorder patients' self-reports.
The phenomenology of panic disorder and panic attacks was systematically assessed in 46 consecutive patients. The results suggest… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Relation between clinical features of the mitral prolapse syndrome and echocardiographically documented mitral valve prolapse.
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Combat-related flashbacks in posttraumatic stress disorder: phenomenology and similarity to panic attacks.
Combat veterans (N = 25) with posttraumatic stress disorder had flashbacks related to their combat stressors, which included… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Platelet alpha 2-adrenergic receptor binding and plasma catecholamines. Before and during imipramine treatment in patients with panic anxiety.
Specific binding of tritiated clonidine, an alpha 2-adrenergic receptor agonist, and tritiated yohimbine, an alpha 2-adrenergic… 
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