Group A beta hemolytic streptococcal infections and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in a Turkish pediatric population

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-105

  Abali, Osman ^a,c   Nazik, Hasan ^a   Gurkan, Kagan ^b   Unuvar, Emin ^a   Sidal, Mujgan ^a   Ongen, Betigul ^a   Oguz, Fatma ^a   Tuzun, Umran ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Compulsion; Obsession; Pandas; Streptococcal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; SCORING SYSTEM; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHARYNGITIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TURKEY;

EID: 33645227265     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2006.01475.x     Document Type: Article

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