Psychiatry Research
Volume 109, Issue 1 , Pages 101-104 , 31 January 2002

Prevalence of body dysmorphic disorder in a German college student sample

  • Antje Bohne

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts General Hospital-East/Harvard Medical School, OCD Clinic, 149 Thirteenth Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    • Philipps-Universität Marburg, Fachbereich Psychologie, Gutenbergstraße 18, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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  • Sabine Wilhelm

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts General Hospital-East/Harvard Medical School, OCD Clinic, 149 Thirteenth Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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  • Nancy J Keuthen

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts General Hospital-East/Harvard Medical School, OCD Clinic, 149 Thirteenth Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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  • Irmela Florin

      Affiliations

    • Philipps-Universität Marburg, Fachbereich Psychologie, Gutenbergstraße 18, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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  • Lee Baer

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts General Hospital-East/Harvard Medical School, OCD Clinic, 149 Thirteenth Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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  • Michael A Jenike

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts General Hospital-East/Harvard Medical School, OCD Clinic, 149 Thirteenth Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA

Received 27 March 2001 ,Revised 5 December 2001 ,Accepted 6 December 2001.

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Psychiatry Research
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