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Symmetry symptoms in obsessive-compulsive disorder: clinical and genetic correlates.
Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999) - 1 Mar 2016
Lochner Christine, McGregor Nathaniel, Hemmings Sian, Harvey Brian H, Breet Elsie, Swanevelder Sonja, Stein Dan J
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OBJECTIVE: In obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), symmetry-related symptoms may be important. Although clinical correlates of symmetry-related symptoms have been identified in OCD, few data exist on genetic associations. Animal studies indicate involvement of dopamine in symmetry-related behavior, suggesting this may be relevant to analogous symptoms in OCD. Alterations in dopamine may also reflect environmental...
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