Cobalamin deficiency presenting as obsessive compulsive disorder: Case report

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 578.e7-578.e8

  Sharma, Vivek ^a   Biswas, Devdutta ^b  

^a Kailash Hospital   (India)

^b HINDU RAO HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cobalamin deficiency; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Subacute combined degeneration; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; GABAPENTIN; MECOBALAMIN; PREGABALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSULTATION; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DRUG RESPONSE; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUBACUTE COMBINED DEGENERATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; YALE BROWN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SEVERITY SCALE;

EID: 84865366376     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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