Psychiatry Research
Volume 159, Issue 1 , Pages 133-139 , 30 May 2008

Comparison of clinical characteristics, co-morbidity and pharmacotherapy in adolescent schizophrenia patients with and without obsessive–compulsive disorder

  • Michael Poyurovsky

      Affiliations

    • Tirat Carmel Mental Health Center, Tirat Carmel, Israel
    • Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tirat Carmel Mental Health Center, POB 9, Tirat Carmel 30200, Israel. Tel.: +972 4 8559349; fax: +972 4 8559330.
    • ,
  • Sarit Faragian

      Affiliations

    • Tirat Carmel Mental Health Center, Tirat Carmel, Israel
    • ,
  • Adeeb Shabeta

      Affiliations

    • Tirat Carmel Mental Health Center, Tirat Carmel, Israel
    • ,
  • Anatoly Kosov

      Affiliations

    • Tirat Carmel Mental Health Center, Tirat Carmel, Israel

Received 11 March 2007 ,Revised 2 June 2007 ,Accepted 12 June 2007.

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PII: S0165-1781(07)00192-8

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.06.010

Psychiatry Research
Volume 159, Issue 1 , Pages 133-139 , 30 May 2008

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