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Obsessive compulsive disorder and multiple sclerosis: a case report implicating serotonergic dysfunction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Aideen Freyne and
Rory K Shelley
Aideen Freyne
Affiliation:
James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, Ireland
Rory K Shelley
Affiliation:
St. John of God Hospital, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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Abstract

A patient who developed obsessive compulsive disorder within a year of developing multiple sclerosis is described. Possible reasons for an association between these two conditions are discussed. The role of serotonergic pathway dysfunction in obsessive compulsive disorder is also suggested by the pharmacological response in this case.

Keywords

Obsessive compulsive disorderMultiple sclerosisSerotonergic dysfunction.

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Clinical and Brief Reports
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Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , March 1994, pp. 26 - 27
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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