General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 150-152 , March 2005

A “shrinking” patient — an endocrine disorder?

  • Axel Ropohl, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Current address: Zentrum für integrative Psychiatrie GmbH, Niemannsweg 147, 24105 Kiel, Germany.

Received 9 August 2004 ,Accepted 11 November 2004.

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PII: S0163-8343(04)00139-2

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2004.11.003

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 150-152 , March 2005

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