Koro - Discussing a transcultural psychopathological phenomenon;Koro - Erörterung eines transkulturell psychopathologischen phänomens

Fortschritte der Neurologie Psychiatrie

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-107

  Garlipp, Petra ^a   Machleidt, W ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; KORO; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CULTURE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; KORO; LORAZEPAM; MALE; PIRENZEPINE; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0037294746     PISSN: 07204299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-37214     Document Type: Article

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