Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 44, Issue 4 , Pages 317-323 , July 2003

The relationship of obsessive-compulsive disorder to putative spectrum disorders: results from an Indian study

  • T.S Jaisoorya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
    • ,
  • Y.C.Janardhan Reddy

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Y.C. Janardhan Reddy, DPM, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bangalore 560 029, Karnataka, India
    • Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
    • ,
  • S Srinath

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India

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Comprehensive Psychiatry
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