Globus hystericus: A brief review

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 78-82

  Finkenbine, Ryan ^a   Miele, Vincent J ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Conversion disorder; Globus hystericus; Somatoform

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ANXIETY DISORDER; BREATHING; CONFLICT; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FAMILY THERAPY; GLOBUS HYSTERICUS; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SWALLOWING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0942278920     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(03)00089-6     Document Type: Article

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