Association of Somatic Symptom Severity With Sociodemographic Parameters In Patients With Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms: A Cross-Sectional Study From a Tertiary Care Center in India

Upendra Baitha; Piyush Ranjan; Koushik Sinha Deb; Nitesh K Bauddh; Vishwajeet Singh; Gaurishanker Kaloiya; Arvind Kumar; Anamika Sahu

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journal article Jul 17, 2020

Association of Somatic Symptom Severity With Sociodemographic Parameters In Patients With Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms: A Cross-Sectional Study From a Tertiary Care Center in India

Upendra Baitha Piyush Ranjan Koushik Sinha Deb Nitesh K Bauddh Vishwajeet Singh Gaurishanker Kaloiya Arvind Kumar

Anamika Sahu

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Upendra Baitha, Piyush Ranjan, Koushik Sinha Deb, et al. (2020). Association of Somatic Symptom Severity With Sociodemographic Parameters In Patients With Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms: A Cross-Sectional Study From a Tertiary Care Center in India. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9250

Association of Somatic Symptom Severity With Sociodemographic Parameters In Patients With Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms: A Cross-Sectional Study From a Tertiary Care Center in India

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