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Social and communication difficulties and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Psychopathology - 1 Jan 2008
Cullen Bernadette, Samuels Jack, Grados Marco, Landa Rebecca, Bienvenu O Joseph, Liang Kung-Yee, Riddle Mark, Hoehn-Saric Rudolf, Nestadt Gerald
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BACKGROUND: The relationship between pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has not been extensively studied despite having some phenomenological features in common. Abnormal social and communication behaviors (pragmatic behaviors) are key components of PDD and are also part of the broader autism phenotype (BAP). In this study we sought to establish if there is any...
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