Site and size of lesion and psychosurgical outcome in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A magnetic resonance imaging study

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 739-742

  Sachdev, Perminder ^a   Phillipa, Hay ^b  

^a PRINCE HENRY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cingulum; Frontal lobes; Internal capsule; Magnetic resonance imaging; Obsessive compulsive disoeder; Psychosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPULSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSURGERY;

EID: 0343831487     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00610-9     Document Type: Article

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