Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 5 , Pages 362-366 , September 2004

Gender-related differences among Turkish patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

  • Raşit Tükel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Raşit Tükel, M.D., Professor, Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Çapa, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Aslıhan Polat

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Aysun Genç

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Oya Bozkurt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Hatice Atlı

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

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PII: S0010-440X(04)00070-7

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.06.006

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 5 , Pages 362-366 , September 2004

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