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Or did I, as the owner says, intrude into an area where I didn't belong?
Indeed, alterations in AVP regulation and secretion are thought to be one possible biochemical abnormality in patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) [ 15 16 17 18 ] . This disorder is characterized by sudden, recurrent thoughts or images that intrude into consciousness (obsessions) driving stereotyped acts that the person feels compelled to perform (compulsions) [ 19 ] . Interestingly, patients with OCD show elevated basal levels of AVP in the cerebrospinal fluid and exaggerated plasma levels of AVP in response to hypertonic challenge [ 16 ] . Many patients with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, both compulsive eating disorders, have abnormal levels of AVP in the cerebrospinal fluid and plasma [ 15 17 ] . Pediatric patients with severe OCD have low levels of AVP in cerebrospinal fluid, while a subgroup of pediatric patients with compulsive checking rituals has elevated AVP levels [ 18 ] . Hence, there are many clinical examples of compulsive behavior associated with a perturbation in the AVP system.
Elsewhere, Briticisms might be felt to intrude in definitions, with words like dustman, dock-porter , etc., appearing here and there.
As one who understands the importance of footnotes but loathes them because of their continual, unsightly interruption of normal reading, I applaud this treatment: they are there if you want them, but they do not intrude.
A cell phone user simultaneously withdraws from public life to discuss his taxes or what's wrong with the cat or whatever, and insists that the public intrude into his private life.
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