Gastrointestinal somatization in males and females with depressive disorder

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 675-679

  Afridi, Muhammad Iqbal ^a   Siddiqui, Muhammad Ahmed ^a   Ansari, Asma ^a  

^a JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECREASED APPETITE; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INDIGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NAUSEA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOMATIZATION; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 70349269130     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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