Laterality in somatization

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 236-240

  Min, Sung Kil ^a   Lee, Byung Ook ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cerebral laterality; Depression; Psychogenic somatic symptoms; Somatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM; TREMOR;

EID: 0343472045     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199705000-00005     Document Type: Article

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