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Review
. 2005 Aug;7(4):245-51.
doi: 10.1007/s11920-005-0077-5.

Anxiety and medical disorders

Jacqueline E Muller  1 , Liezl Koen, Dan J Stein
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Review

Anxiety and medical disorders

Jacqueline E Muller et al. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2005 Aug.

Abstract

Anxiety symptoms and disorders are associated with a range of general medical disorders. This association may be a physiologic consequence of the general medical disorder, a psychologic reaction to the experience of having a medical illness, a side effect of treatment, or a chance occurrence. This article briefly reviews the associations of panic disorder with seizure disorder, Klüver-Bucy syndrome, mitral valve prolapse, and respiratory disorders; of generalized anxiety disorder with chronic obstructive airway disease and cardiovascular and endocrine disorders; of social anxiety disorder with Parkinson's disease; of obsessive-compulsive disorder with striatal disorders; and of posttraumatic stress disorder with head injury and pain. Such associations provide important clues for understanding the neurobiology of anxiety disorders.

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