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Elevated medial-frontal cerebral blood flow in obsessive-compulsive patients: a SPECT study

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.148.9.1240

Regional cerebral blood flow was measured with single photon emission computed tomography in 10 obsessive-compulsive patients and eight comparison subjects. The patients had a significantly higher ratio of medial-frontal to whole cortex blood flow; this was unrelated to symptom severity but was correlated negatively with anxiety. No differences in orbital-frontal blood flow were found.

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