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SPECT Scans in Identical Twins With Trichotillomania

Received October 19, 2000; revised March 30, 2001; accepted April 3, 2001. From the MRC Research Unit on Anxiety and Stress Disorders (B.V., J.V.K., C.W., D.J.S.) and the Department of Nuclear Medicine (J.W., B.V.H.), University of Stellenbosch, Tygerburg, South Africa; and the Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (D.J.S.). Address correspondence to Dr. Vythilingum, MRC Research Unit on Anxiety Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Stellenbosch, P.O. Box 19063, Cape Town, 7505, South Africa.

ABSTRACT

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.

Key Words: Trichotillomania • SPECT Studies • Twins

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