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Obsessive–compulsive personality disorder in drug-naïve Parkinson’s disease patients

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M. Zappia: Consultancies: has received compensation for consulting services from Lundbeck, Advisory Boards: see above; Honoraria: see above; Grants: received scientific grants from AIFA, Novartis, Lundbeck; Stock Ownership in medically related fields, Partnerships, Intellectual Property Rights, Expert Testimony, Contracts, Royalties, and Other: none. A. Nicoletti, A. Luca, M. Luca, G. Mostile, G. Sciacca and A. Petralia report no disclosures.

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  1. Dipartimento “G.F. Ingrassia” Sezione di Neuroscienze, Università di Catania, Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123, Catania, Italy

    Alessandra Nicoletti, Antonina Luca, Giovanni Mostile, Giorgia Sciacca & Mario Zappia

  2. Dipartimento di Biomedicina clinica e molecolare, Sezione di Psichiatria, Università di Catania, Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123, Catania, Italy

    Maria Luca & Antonino Petralia

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Alessandra Nicoletti and Antonina Luca have equally contributed to this work.

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Nicoletti, A., Luca, A., Luca, M. et al. Obsessive–compulsive personality disorder in drug-naïve Parkinson’s disease patients. J Neurol 262, 485–486 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-014-7617-z

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