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The British Journal of Psychiatry 150: 106-107 (1987)
© 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Koro and schizophrenia in Singapore

GS Devan and OS Hong
Woodbridge Hospital, Singapore.

A case of Koro is described in an elderly person with associated inguinal hernia and schizophrenia. Its aetiology and origin are traced in Chinese culture, to the Chin Dynasty. A nosology for the classification of Koro Syndrome is proposed.


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