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Somatoform disorder: a raison d'etre for liaison psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Sean O'Sullivan  and
Eugene M Cassidy
Sean O'Sullivan
Affiliation:
Institute of Neurology, University College London, England
Eugene M Cassidy
Affiliation:
Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland
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Keywords

Functionalsomatoformliaisonunexplained
Type
Editorial
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , December 2006 , pp. 128 - 130
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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