Koro-like syndrome associated with brief reactive psychosis in an Irish male

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 75-76

  Phelan, D ^a   Daly, R J ^b  

^a Dept of Old Age Psychiatry ^*

^b University College Cork and INFANT Centre

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; IRELAND; KORO; MALE;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADULT; HUMANS; IRELAND; KORO; MALE;

EID: 0030098263     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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