Recognition of medically unexplained symptoms - Do doctors agree?

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 483-485

  Reid, Steven ^a   Crayford, Tim ^a   Richards, Selwyn ^a   Nimnuan, Chaichana ^a   Hotopf, Matthew ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Medically unexplained symptoms; Reliability; Somatization; Somatoform disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELIABILITY; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0033404643     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(99)00052-5     Document Type: Article

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