Psychiatric symptoms masking pituitary adenoma in Spanish speaking immigrants

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 367-371

  Rueda Lara, Maria A ^a   Buchert, Stephanie ^a   Skotzko, Christine ^a   Clemow, Lynn P ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Interpreter; Pituitary adenoma; Spanish speaking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMIGRANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0041834708     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(03)00065-3     Document Type: Article

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