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Epidemic Psychoses, Or Epidemic Koro?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

M. S. Keshavan
M. S. Keshavan*
Affiliation:
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore 560029, India
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 142 , Issue 1 , January 1983 , pp. 100 - 101
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Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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