General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 223-229 , July 2001

Abnormal illness behavior of patients with functional somatic symptoms: relation to psychiatric disorders

  • Yingqiu Guo, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Medicine, Saga Medical School, Nabeshima 5-1-1, Saga, 849-8501, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-952-34-3238; fax: +81-952-34-2029
    • ,
  • Toshihide Kuroki, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Saga Medical School, Nabeshima 5-1-1, Saga, 849-8501, Japan
    • ,
  • Shunzo Koizumi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Medicine, Saga Medical School, Nabeshima 5-1-1, Saga, 849-8501, Japan

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General Hospital Psychiatry
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