Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 5 , Pages 415-426 , May 2010

One single diagnosis, bodily distress syndrome, succeeded to capture 10 diagnostic categories of functional somatic syndromes and somatoform disorders

  • Per Fink

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. The Research Clinic for Functional Disorders and Psychosomatics, Aarhus University Hospital, Noerrebrogade 44, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. Tel.: +45 89494310; fax: +45 89494340.
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  • Andreas Schröder

Received 10 December 2009 ,Revised 4 February 2010 ,Accepted 4 February 2010.

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PII: S0022-3999(10)00075-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2010.02.004

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 5 , Pages 415-426 , May 2010

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