Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 146, Issue 2 , Pages 137-147 , 31 March 2006

A magnetic resonance spectroscopy investigation of obsessive–compulsive disorder and anxiety

  • Stephen P. Whiteside

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, West 11, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 507 284 5849; fax: +1 507 284 4158.
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  • John D. Port

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States
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  • Brett J. Deacon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States
    • ,
  • Jonathan S. Abramowitz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, West 11, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905, United States

Received 18 August 2005 ,Revised 6 December 2005 ,Accepted 14 December 2005.

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PII: S0925-4927(05)00212-X

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2005.12.006

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 146, Issue 2 , Pages 137-147 , 31 March 2006

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