General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 61-66 , January 2008

Clinical characteristics and medical complications of pathologic skin picking

Received 25 June 2007 ,Accepted 30 July 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2007.07.009

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 61-66 , January 2008

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