The syndrome of genital retraction from a transcultural psychiatric point of view. Chinese suo yang, Indonesian koro and non-Asian forms (koro-like symptoms);Das syndrom der genitalen retraktion aus sicht der transkulturellen psychiatrie. Chinesisches suo yang, Indonesisches koro und nichtasiatische formen (koro-ähnliche symptome)

Nervenarzt

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 569-580

  Freudenmann, R W ^a   Schonfeldt Lecuona C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Koro; Koro like symptoms; Suo yang; Syndrome of genital retraction; Transcultural psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; REVIEW; SYNDROME OF GENITAL RETRACTION;

ASIA; CHINA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEAR; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SYNDROME;

EID: 20144377940     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00115-004-1822-4     Document Type: Review

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