Systematic review of misdiagnosis of conversion symptoms and "hysteria".

OBJECTIVE: Paralysis, seizures, and sensory symptoms that are unexplained by organic disease are commonly referred to as "conversion" symptoms. Some patients who receive this diagnosis subsequently turn out to have a disease that explains their initial presentation. We aimed to determine...

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Hauptverfasser: Stone, J, Smyth, R, Carson, A, Lewis, S, Prescott, R, Warlow, C, Sharpe, M
Format: Journal article
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2005