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The body in the brain: towards a representational neurobiology of somatoform disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Peter Henningsen*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
*
PD Dr Peter Henningsen, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital, Thibautstr. 2, 69115 Heidelberg. Tel. + 49-6221-565865; Fax: + 49-6221-5633586; E-mail: peter_henningsen@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Abstract

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Copyright © 2003 Blackwell Munksgaard

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