The concept of comorbidity in somatoform disorder--a DSM-V alternative for the DSM-IV classification of somatoform disorder.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of psychosomatic research
دوره 68 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010