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Generalized anxiety disorder, subthreshold anxiety and anxiety symptoms in primary headache

  1. Giancarlo Lucchetti MD1,*,
  2. Mario F. P. Peres MD, PhD, FACP1,2,
  3. Alessandra L. G. Lucchetti MD3,
  4. Juliane P. P. Mercante PhD2,
  5. Vera Z. Guendler MSc2,
  6. Eliova Zukerman PhD2

Article first published online: 21 JAN 2013

DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2012.02405.x

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Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volume 67, Issue 1, pages 41–49, January 2013

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Lucchetti, G., Peres, M. F. P., Lucchetti, A. L. G., Mercante, J. P. P., Guendler, V. Z. and Zukerman, E. (2013), Generalized anxiety disorder, subthreshold anxiety and anxiety symptoms in primary headache. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 67: 41–49. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2012.02405.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Neurology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

  2. 2

    Research Department, Albert Einstein Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil

  3. 3

    Getúlio Vargas Foundation, São Paulo, Brazil

*Correspondence: Giancarlo Lucchetti, MD, Department of Neurology, Federal University of São Paulo, Rua Dona Elisa, 150 apto 153B, Barra Funda, São Paulo, CEP 01155030, Brazil. Email: g.lucchetti@yahoo.com.br

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 21 JAN 2013
  2. Article first published online: 21 JAN 2013
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 27 JUL 2012
  4. Manuscript Revised: 28 JUN 2012
  5. Manuscript Received: 9 MAR 2012

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