In the psychiatrist's chair: how neurologists understand conversion disorder
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In the psychiatrist's chair: how neurologists understand conversion disorder
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عنوان ژورنال: Brain
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0006-8950,1460-2156
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awp060