Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 43, Issue 6 , Pages 427-430 , November 2002

Are there gender differences in DSM-IV personality disorders?

  • Carlos M. Grilo

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PII: S0010-440X(02)00039-1

doi: 10.1053/comp.2002.35907

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 43, Issue 6 , Pages 427-430 , November 2002

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