SPECT scans in identical twins with trichotillomania.

J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci

MRC Research Unit on Anxiety and Stress Disorders, University of Stellenbosch, Tygerburg, South Africa.

Published: September 2002

SPECT scans of a set of twins with trichotillomania showed that the twin with more severe disease had larger perfusion defects, involving more areas on the scan. Prospective brain imaging studies of twins may provide useful information about the neurobiology of trichotillomania and other obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders.

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