Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 193-200 , March 2010

Clinical predictors of health-related quality of life in obsessive-compulsive disorder

  • Umberto Albert

      Affiliations

    • Mood and Anxiety Disorders Unit, Department of Neurosciences, University of Turin, 10126 Torino, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 011 6335425; fax: +39 011 673473.
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  • Giuseppe Maina

      Affiliations

    • Mood and Anxiety Disorders Unit, Department of Neurosciences, University of Turin, 10126 Torino, Italy
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  • Filippo Bogetto

      Affiliations

    • Mood and Anxiety Disorders Unit, Department of Neurosciences, University of Turin, 10126 Torino, Italy
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  • Alice Chiarle

      Affiliations

    • Mood and Anxiety Disorders Unit, Department of Neurosciences, University of Turin, 10126 Torino, Italy
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  • David Mataix-Cols

      Affiliations

    • King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London SE5 8AF, UK

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.03.004

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 193-200 , March 2010

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