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Obsessive-compulsive disorder phenotypes: implications for genetic studies.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Mar 2005
Miguel E C, Leckman J F, Rauch S, do Rosario-Campos M C, Hounie A G, Mercadante M T, Chacon P, Pauls D L
Abstract excerpt
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) clinical presentation is remarkably diverse, and can vary both within and across patients over time. This variability in the phenotypic expression has led to the hypothesis that OCD is a heterogeneous disorder and that this heterogeneity obscures the findings of clinical, natural history and treatment response studies and complicates the search for vulnerability genes. A...
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