Relationship between obsessive-compulsive disorders and diseases affecting primarily the basal ganglia
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Relationship between obsessive-compulsive disorders and diseases affecting primarily the basal ganglia.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has been reported in association with some neurological diseases that affect the basal ganglia such as Tourette's syndrome, Sydenham's chorea, Parkinson's disease, and Huntington's disease. Furthermore, studies such as neuroimaging, suggest a role of the basal ganglia in the pathophysiology of OCD. The aim of this paper is to describe the association of OCD a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista do Hospital das Clínicas
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0041-8781
DOI: 10.1590/s0041-87811999000600008