The erroneous diagnosis of malingering in a military setting

Military Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 225-229

  Witztum, Eliezer ^a   Grinshpoont, Alexander ^b   Margolin, Jacob ^b   Kront, Shmuel ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; JEW; MALINGERING; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MILITARY MEDICINE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS;

EID: 0029877024     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/161.4.225     Document Type: Article

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