Telescoping phenomenon in pathological gambling: association with gender and comorbidities

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Telescoping phenomenon in pathological gambling : association with gender and comorbidities. / Grant, Jon E; Odlaug, Brian Lawrence; Mooney, Marc E.

In: Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Vol. 200, No. 11, 11.2012, p. 996-8.

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Grant, JE, Odlaug, BL & Mooney, ME 2012, 'Telescoping phenomenon in pathological gambling: association with gender and comorbidities', Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, vol. 200, no. 11, pp. 996-8. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e3182718a4d

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Grant, J. E., Odlaug, B. L., & Mooney, M. E. (2012). Telescoping phenomenon in pathological gambling: association with gender and comorbidities. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 200(11), 996-8. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e3182718a4d

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Grant JE, Odlaug BL, Mooney ME. Telescoping phenomenon in pathological gambling: association with gender and comorbidities. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2012 Nov;200(11):996-8. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e3182718a4d

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Grant, Jon E ; Odlaug, Brian Lawrence ; Mooney, Marc E. / Telescoping phenomenon in pathological gambling : association with gender and comorbidities. In: Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2012 ; Vol. 200, No. 11. pp. 996-8.

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