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Gender in obsessive-compulsive disorder: clinical and genetic findings.
European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology - 1 Mar 2004
Lochner Christine, Hemmings Sian M J, Kinnear Craig J, Moolman-Smook Johanna C, Corfield Valerie A, Knowles James A, Niehaus Dana J H, Stein Dan J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There is increasing recognition that obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is not a homogeneous entity. It has been suggested that gender may contribute to the clinical and biological heterogeneity of OCD. METHODS: Two hundred and twenty patients (n=220; 107 male, 113 female) with DSM-IV OCD (age: 36.40+/-13.46) underwent structured interviews. A subset of Caucasian subjects (n=178), including subjects...
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