Pathological Joking or Witzelsucht Revisited
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0895-0172,1545-7222
DOI: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.15090238