Acta Med. 1997, 40: 99-102

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2020.53

Fenfluramine Challenge Test in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - First Results

Vladimír Pidrman, Ivan Tůma

Department of Psychiatry, Charles University, Faculty of Medicine, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Received October 1, 1997
Accepted November 1, 1997

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