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One Hundred Cases of Hysteria in Eastern Libya

A Socio-Demographic Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Tinnyunt Pu ,
E. Mohamed ,
Kareema Imam  and
Ali M. El-Roey
Tinnyunt Pu*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya: Postal address P.O. Box 7646, Benghazi, Libya
E. Mohamed
Affiliation:
Factdty of Medicine, Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya
Kareema Imam
Affiliation:
Benghazi Psychiatric Hospital, Benghazi, Libya
Ali M. El-Roey
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya
*
∗Correspondence
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 148 , Issue 5 , May 1986 , pp. 606 - 609
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Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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