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The neurobiology of anxiety in children and adolescents

Thomas K. Cummins Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Philip T. Ninan Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Pages 114-128 | Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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