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Koro-Like Symptoms in a Man Infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Isobel Heyman  and
Thomas A. Fahy
Isobel Heyman
Affiliation:
Bethlem Royal & Maudsley Hospital, London
Thomas A. Fahy*
Affiliation:
King's College Hospital and Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

A 32-year-old man presented with koro-like symptoms in association with a depressive illness and HIV infection.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 160 , Issue 1 , January 1992 , pp. 119 - 121
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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