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Koro—A Psychophysiological Dysfunction?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Femi Oyebode*
Affiliation:
St. Nicholas Hospital, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 3XT
Robin Jamieson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE
James Mullaney
Affiliation:
Eastern Health Board, Grange Road, Raheny, Dublin, 5
Kenneth Davison
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE
*
Correspondence

Abstract

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Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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