Neuropsychological abnormalities in obsessive-compulsive disorder and their assessments

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-60

  Cox, Christiane S ^a  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE MOVEMENT; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBSESSION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0030937546     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540269775583     Document Type: Review

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