Somatic symptom count scores do not identify patients with symptoms unexplained by disease: a prospective cohort study of neurology outpatients.

OBJECTIVE: Somatic symptoms unexplained by disease are common in all medical settings. The process of identifying such patients requires a clinical assessment often supported by clinical tests. Such assessments are time-consuming and expensive. Consequently the observation that such patients tend to...

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Main Authors: Carson, A, Stone, J, Hansen, C, Duncan, R, Cavanagh, J, Matthews, K, Murray, G, Sharpe, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2014