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3 - Family and Twin Studies of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

from Section 1 - Theoretical Foundations of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2018

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Danielle C. Cath ,
Nuno R. Zilhão ,
Dirk J. A. Smit  and
Dorret I. Boomsma
Edited by
Leonardo F. Fontenelle  and
Murat Yücel
Leonardo F. Fontenelle
Affiliation:
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Murat Yücel
Affiliation:
Monash University, Victoria
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A Transdiagnostic Approach to Obsessions, Compulsions and Related Phenomena , pp. 19 - 28
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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