Towards a neuropsychiatry of conversive hysteria

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 267-287

  Sierra, Mauricio ^a   Berrios, German E ^a,b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000049009     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135468099395963     Document Type: Article

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