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Pattern of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Eastern Saudi Arabia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Osama Mohamed Mahgoub*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, PO Box 2114, Dammam 31451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Hassan Babiker Abdel-Hafeiz
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, PO Box 2114, Dammam 31451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
*
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