Infection load as a predisposing factor for somatoform disorders: Evidence from a dutch general practice registry

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 759-764

  Lacourt, Tamara E ^a   Houtveen, Jan H ^a,b   Smeets, Hugo M ^c   Lipovsky, Myriam M ^b   Van Doornen, Lorenz J P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Altrecht Psychosomatic Medicine   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Functional somatic symptoms; Infection; Inflammation; Somatoform disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NETHERLANDS; PATHOGEN LOAD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REGISTER; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

FUNCTIONAL SOMATIC SYMPTOMS; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84886093816     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3182a3d91f     Document Type: Article

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