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Epidemic koro in West Bengal, India.

D N Nandi, G Banerjee, H Saha, G C Boral.   

Abstract

The present study draws attention to the recent sudden outbreak of Koro in epidemic form in the rural areas of West Bengal, India. The details of three such cases are reported.

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Year:  1983        PMID： 6642919     DOI： 10.1177/002076408302900405

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Int J Soc Psychiatry        ISSN： 0020-7640


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