Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 11 , Pages 1217-1221 , November 2008

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Pediatric Anxiety

,Accepted 2 July 2008.

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 This article was reviewed under and accepted by Ad Hoc Editor Bradley Peterson, M.D.This article is the subject of an editorial by Dr. Ellen Leibenluft in this issue.

PII: S0890-8567(08)60113-6

doi: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e318185dad0

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 11 , Pages 1217-1221 , November 2008