“Medically unexplained” symptoms and symptom disorders in primary care: prognosis-based recognition and classification
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“Medically unexplained” symptoms and symptom disorders in primary care: prognosis-based recognition and classification
BACKGROUND Many patients consult their GP because they experience bodily symptoms. In a substantial proportion of cases, the clinical picture does not meet the existing diagnostic criteria for diseases or disorders. This may be because symptoms are recent and evolving or because symptoms are persistent but, either by their character or the negative results of clinical investigation cannot be at...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Family Practice
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1471-2296
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-017-0592-6