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A naturalistic exploratory study of the impact of demographic, phenotypic and comorbid features in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Psychopathology - 1 Jan 2010
Masi Gabriele, Millepiedi Stefania, Perugi Giulio, Pfanner Chiara, Berloffa Stefano, Pari Cinzia, Mucci Maria, Akiskal Hagop S
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BACKGROUND: Few studies have examined the impact of gender, age at onset, phenotype and comorbidity in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children. In this naturalistic study we consider these characteristics of OCD in the framework of the 4 OCD phenotypes (contamination/cleaning, order/symmetry, obsessions/checking and hoarding) proposed by Leckman et al. SAMPLING AND METHODS: A consecutive series...
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