Body image disturbances, fear and associations with the amygdala in anorexia nervosa
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عنوان ژورنال: Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0043-5325,1613-7671
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-018-1440-y