Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 105-110 , March 2005

Study of compulsive buying in patients presenting obsessive-compulsive disorder

  • Michel Lejoyeux

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, 75877 Paris Cedex 18, AP-HP, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 1 47 60 64 15; fax: +33 1 47 60 67 40.
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  • Florence Bailly

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, 75877 Paris Cedex 18, AP-HP, France
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  • Hervé Moula

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Faculty Xavier Bichat, 75 018 Paris, France
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  • Sabrina Loi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, 75877 Paris Cedex 18, AP-HP, France
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  • Jean Adès

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Louis Mourier Hospital, 92 700 Colombes, France

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PII: S0010-440X(04)00115-4

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.07.027

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 105-110 , March 2005

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