Hypnosis and conversion hysteria: A unifying model

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 243-265

  Oakley, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001008394     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135468099395954     Document Type: Article

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