Surgical treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder

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  • Renzo Zamboni T San José Hospital Davila Clinic Santiago de Chile, Chile

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https://doi.org/10.47924/neurotarget2006417

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Surgical treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder

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2006-05-01

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Zamboni T R. Surgical treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder. NeuroTarget [Internet]. 2006 May 1 [cited 2025 Oct. 17];1(1):49-50. Available from: https://neurotarget.com/index.php/nt/article/view/417