Intranasal oxytocin in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 547-549

  Epperson, C Neill ^a   McDougle, Christopher J ^a   Price, Lawrence H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compulsions; Intranasal; Neuropeptide; Obsessions; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0030587427     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(96)00120-5     Document Type: Article

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