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Dysmorphophobia or Monosymptomatic Hypochondriasis?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Christopher S. Thomas*
Affiliation:
King's College Hospital, London SE5 9RS
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Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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