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Koro and Schizophrenia in Singapore

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

G. S. Devan  and
Ong Seng Hong
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Abstract

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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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 150 , Issue 1 , January 1987 , pp. 106 - 107
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Copyright © 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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