Is it malingering, or is it 'real'? Eight signs that point to nonorganic back pain

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 1999, Pages

  Kiester, P Douglas ^a   Duke, Alexandra D ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; INJURY; MALINGERING; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; ROTATION; SOMATIZATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0345633567     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.1999.12.802     Document Type: Conference Paper

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