Are there between-country differences in motor behavior of obsessive-compulsive disorder patients?

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 445-455

  Zor, Rama ^a   Fineberg, Naomi ^b   Hermesh, Haggai ^a   Asigo, Gbenga ^b   Nelson, Sanjay ^b   Agha, Hena ^b   Eilam, David ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRITISH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE DURATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IDIOSYNCRATIC ACT; ISRAEL; ISRAELI; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RITUAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; YALE BROWN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER SCALE; GREAT BRITAIN; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREVALENCE;

EID: 79951579793     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1092852900000377     Document Type: Article

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