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