Misdiagnosis of an underlying medical condition as Conversion Disorder/Functional Neurological Disorder (CD/FND) still occurs
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عنوان ژورنال: General Hospital Psychiatry
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0163-8343
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2020.05.003