Obsessive-compulsive disorder in black South Africans - A case series

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 12 SUPPL., 1996, Pages 1592-1598

  Gangdev, Prakash S ^a   Stein, Dan J ^b   Ruzibiza, Jean B ^a  

^a SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030325898     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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