Autoenucleation - A culture-specific phenomenon: A case series and review

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 318-322

  Shiwach, Raj S ^a,b  

^a Terrell State Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG ABUSE; ENUCLEATION; HUMAN; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; RELIGION; SCHIZOIDISM;

EID: 0031667936     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-440X(98)90042-6     Document Type: Article

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