Title: Obsessive-compulsive Spectrum Disorders and Rheumatic Fever.
Authors: Hounie, Ana G.; Mercadante, Marcos T.; Alvarenga, Pedro G.; Sampaio, Aline S.; Taub, Anita; Miguel, Euripedes C.
Abstract: Presents a data supporting the concept of obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders and its relationship with rheumatic fever. Information on obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders; Examples of somatic concerns of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder; Rheumatic fever and Sydenham's chorea.
Subjects: OBSESSIVE-compulsive disorder; RHEUMATIC fever; SOMATOFORM disorders; COMPULSIVE behavior; FEVER
Publication: Psychiatric Annals, 2006, Vol 36, Issue 2, p109
ISSN: 0048-5713
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.3928/00485713-20060201-01

Obsessive-compulsive Spectrum Disorders and Rheumatic Fever.

Hounie, Ana G.; Mercadante, Marcos T.; Alvarenga, Pedro G.; Sampaio, Aline S.; Taub, Anita; Miguel, Euripedes C.