Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 558-561 , November 2007

Course of obsessive-compulsive disorder during early postpartum period: a prospective analysis of 16 cases

  • Faruk Uguz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Selçuk University, 42080 Konya, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Selçuk Universities, Meram Tip Fakultesi Psikiyatri, Anabilim Dali, 42080 Konya, Turkey. Tel.: +90 332 236837.
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  • Kazim Gezginc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Selçuk University, 42080 Konya, Turkey
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  • Ismet Esra Zeytinci

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Selçuk University, 42080 Konya, Turkey
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  • Savas Karatayli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Selçuk University, 42080 Konya, Turkey
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  • Rustem Askin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Selçuk University, 42080 Konya, Turkey
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  • Ozkan Guler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Kocatepe University, Afyon 03200, Turkey
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  • Figen Kir Sahin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Kocatepe University, Afyon 03200, Turkey
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  • H. Murat Emul

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Kocatepe University, Afyon 03200, Turkey
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  • Omer Ozbulut

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Kocatepe University, Afyon 03200, Turkey
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  • Omer Gecici

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Kocatepe University, Afyon 03200, Turkey

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PII: S0010-440X(07)00074-0

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2007.05.010

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 558-561 , November 2007

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