Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 303-311 , May 2010

A case-control study of sex differences in strategic processing and episodic memory in obsessive-compulsive disorder

  • Cinto Segalàs

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Clinical and Research Unit, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona 08907, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34 932607659; fax: +34 932607658.
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  • Pino Alonso

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Clinical and Research Unit, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona 08907, Spain
    • CIBERSAM, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red en Salud Mental, Madrid 28007, Spain
    • ,
  • Javier Labad

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Clinical and Research Unit, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona 08907, Spain
    • ,
  • Eva Real

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Clinical and Research Unit, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona 08907, Spain
    • ,
  • Alberto Pertusa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Clinical and Research Unit, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona 08907, Spain
    • ,
  • Nuria Jaurrieta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Clinical and Research Unit, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona 08907, Spain
    • ,
  • Susana Jiménez-Murcia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Clinical and Research Unit, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona 08907, Spain
    • CIBEROBN Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición, Instituto Carlos III, Barcelona 08907, Spain
    • ,
  • José Manuel Menchón

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Clinical and Research Unit, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona 08907, Spain
    • CIBERSAM, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red en Salud Mental, Madrid 28007, Spain
    • ,
  • Julio Vallejo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Clinical and Research Unit, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona 08907, Spain

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Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 303-311 , May 2010

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