[The clinical polymorphism of autonomic crises (panic attacks)].

Overall 42 patients with vegetative crises (panic attacks) were subjected to a clinico-psychopathological analysis. In the structure of the crisis together with 14 typical symptoms (in accordance with DM-III criteria), account was taken of 11 atypical symptoms represented by functional neurological phenomena ("chunk" in the throat, weakness in the limbs, mutism, loss of consciousness, and so forth). Depending on the correlation of the typical and atypical symptoms in the crisis 3 subgroups were distinguished.