Commentary
Obsessive-compulsive disorder in a schizotypal case: A spurious comorbidity
Lennart Jansson,
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Lennart Jansson
Psychiatric Centre Hvidovre, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Psykiatrisk Centre Hvidovre, Brøndbyøstervej 160, 2605 Brøndby, DenmarkSearch for more papers by this authorLennart Jansson,
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Lennart Jansson
Psychiatric Centre Hvidovre, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Psykiatrisk Centre Hvidovre, Brøndbyøstervej 160, 2605 Brøndby, DenmarkSearch for more papers by this authorNo abstract is available for this article.
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