Psychogenic Pain - What It Means, Why It Does Not Exist, and How to Diagnose It

Pain Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 287-294

  Covington, Edward C ^a  

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EID: 0000416862     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4637.2000.00049.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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