The status of alexithymia as a risk factor in medically unexplained physical symptoms.

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• Publication year

  1998

• Venue

  Comprehensive Psychiatry

• Publication date

  1998-05-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/S0010-440X(98)90075-XPMID 9606582
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