Treating patients with functional symptoms: One size does not fit all

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 633-635

  LaFrance Jr , W Curt ^a,b  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHROMOSOME; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPILEPSY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MICROTOME; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SEIZURE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

EID: 36549076518     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2007.09.001     Document Type: Note

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