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Salivary Inflammatory Markers in Trichotillomania: A Pilot Study
Author(s) -
Jon E. Grant,
Samuel R. Chamberlain
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
neuropsychobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.71
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1423-0224
pISSN - 0302-282X
DOI - 10.1159/000489865
Subject(s) - psychology , saliva , medicine , comorbidity , body mass index , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , mood , depression (economics) , bipolar disorder , pathophysiology , anxiety , major depressive disorder , mood disorders , clinical psychology , psychiatry , gastroenterology , economics , macroeconomics
Immune dysregulation has been hypothesized to be important in the development and pathophysiology of compulsive disorders such as obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), which has a high comorbid overlap with trichotillomania (both are OC-related disorders). The role of inflammation in the pathophysiology of trichotillomania has garnered little research to date.

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