Obsessive-compulsive disorder in post-streptococcal infection

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 579-581

  Monasterio, Erik ^a   Mulder, Roger T ^a   Marshall, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fluoxetine; Infection; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OBSESSION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TIME;

EID: 0031871791     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048679809068334     Document Type: Article

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