Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 5 , Pages 325-332 , September 2004

DSM-IV obsessive-compulsive personality disorder: Prevalence in patients with anxiety disorders and in healthy comparison subjects

  • Umberto Albert

      Affiliations

    • Anxiety and Mood Disorders Unit, Department of Neurosciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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  • Giuseppe Maina

      Affiliations

    • Anxiety and Mood Disorders Unit, Department of Neurosciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
    • Corresponding Author Information Address reprint requests to Professor Giuseppe Maina, Anxiety and Mood Disorders Unit, Department of Neurosciences, University of Turin, Via Cherasco 11-10126 Torino, Italy
    • ,
  • Federica Forner

      Affiliations

    • Anxiety and Mood Disorders Unit, Department of Neurosciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
    • ,
  • Filippo Bogetto

      Affiliations

    • Anxiety and Mood Disorders Unit, Department of Neurosciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.06.005

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 5 , Pages 325-332 , September 2004

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