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8 - Structural Brain Imaging 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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Carles Soriano-Mas  and
Ben J. Harrison
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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. 74 - 84
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Print publication year: 2019

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