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16 - Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia

from Section 4 - Etiology and Phenomenology of Specific Anxiety Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 December 2018

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Bethany A. Teachman ,
Miranda L. Beltzer  and
Alexandra J. Werntz
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Vanderbilt University, Tennessee
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