Selective mutism due to a dog bite trauma in a 4-year-old girl: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Anyfantakis, Dimitrios ^a   Botzakis, Emmanouil ^a   Mplevrakis, Evangelos ^a   Symvoulakis, Emmanouil K ^a   Arbiros, Ioannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

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EID: 72849113047     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-3-100     Document Type: Article

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