Obsessive-compulsive and related symptoms in children and adolescents with rheumatic fever with and without chorea: A prospective 6-month study

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1122-1124

  Asbahr, Fernando R ^a   Negrão, André B ^b   Gentil, Valentim ^b   Zanetta, Dirce M T ^b   Da Paz, José A ^b   Marques Dias, Maria J ^b   Kiss, Maria H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CHILD; CHOREA; CHOREA MINOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031852832     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.8.1122     Document Type: Article

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