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Somatoform disorders revisited

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Ahmed Okasha
Ahmed Okasha*
Affiliation:
WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Training in Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Ain Shans University, Cairo, Egypt
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Prof Ahmed Okasha, 3 Ahmed Borai Street, Off Iraq Street, Mohandesseen – Giza, Egypt. Tel. +(202) 3366799; Fax: +(202) 7481786; E-mail: aokasha@internetegypt.com
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Keywords

somatoform disordersrepresentationalneurobiologybrainmirror neurone
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Research Article
Information
Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , August 2003 , pp. 161 - 166
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Copyright © 2003 Blackwell Munksgaard

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