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Panic and asthma: a dangerous mislabeling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

RG Shavitt,
V Gentil and
J Croce
RG Shavitt
Affiliation:
Departamento de Psiquiatria, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Såo Paulo, Caixa Postal8091, Såo Paulo, SPBrazil
V Gentil
Affiliation:
Departamento de Psiquiatria, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Såo Paulo, Caixa Postal8091, Såo Paulo, SPBrazil
J Croce
Affiliation:
Departamento de Alergia e Imunopatologia, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Såo Paulo, Caixa Postal8091, Såo Paulo, SPBrazil
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Summary

A case is presented in which asthma and panic disorder co-existed, and in which the mislabeling of the latter as the former proved dangerous.

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panicasthmadiagnosistreatment

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European Psychiatry , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , 1993, pp. 41 - 43
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1993

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