Functional somatic disorders
- 1 February 1986
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Postgraduate Medicine
- Vol. 79 (2) , 201-210
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.1986.11699279
Abstract
Primary care physicians are often perplexed by somatic complaints for which no organic origin can be established. What type of somatic disorder is present, and how should it be managed? Dr Maue describes the most common of these troublesome disorders and offers examples from case histories.Keywords
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