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Depression, anxiety and cardiovascular disease: biological correlations and therapeutic strategies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2011

Riccardo Torta*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Università di Torino, Torino
Angela Scalabrino
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Università di Torino, Torino
*
Indirizzo per la corrispondenza: Prof. R. Torta, Servizio di Psiconcologia, U.O.A.D.U. Chirurgia Oncologica, Az. Ospedaliera S.Giovanni Battista di Torino, Università degli Studi di Torino, Corso Bramante 88, 10126 Torino. Fax: +39-011-633.4349 E-mail: riccardo.torta@tin.it
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