Biomedical Potential for Symptom Choice in Koro
- 1 December 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in International Journal of Social Psychiatry
- Vol. 35 (4) , 329-332
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002076408903500405
Abstract
The distribution of different biomedical sexual factors in relation to Koro in 162 cases in a North Bengal Koro epidemic, has been analysed. Anatomo-sexual factors such as venereal disease and scrotal filaria were found to be significantly commoner in Koro patients. The commonest cited precipitating factor was extramarital intercourse (23.5%).Keywords
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