Diagnosis and treatment of trichotillomania Practice points
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ISSN 1758-2008 10.2217/NPY.11.8 © 2011 Future Medicine Ltd Neuropsychiatry (2011) 1(2), 123–132 1Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA †Author for correspondence: Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, 2450 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA; Tel.: +1 612 273 9736; Fax: +1 612 273 9779; [email protected] Review
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