The neurophysiology of self-awareness disorders in conversion hysteria

The Neurology of Consciousness

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 282-302

  Vuilleumier, Patrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374168-4.00022-8     Document Type: Chapter

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