Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 567-572 , November 2009

Temperament and character in subjects with obsessive-compulsive disorder

  • Se Joo Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Institute of Behavioral Science in Medicine, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Jee In Kang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Institute of Behavioral Science in Medicine, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
    • Department of Psychiatry, National Health Insurance Corporation Ilsan Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Chan-Hyung Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Institute of Behavioral Science in Medicine, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 2 2228 1620; fax: +82 2 313 0890.

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 This work was supported by the Yonsei University Research Fund of 2005.

PII: S0010-440X(08)00177-6

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2008.11.009

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 567-572 , November 2009

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