Somatization disorders: Diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis

Pediatrics in Review

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 56-64

  Silber, Tomas Jose ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SOMATIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 79551694661     PISSN: 01919601     EISSN: 15263347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/pir.32-2-56     Document Type: Review

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