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Review
. 2008 May 17;336(7653):1124-8.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39554.592014.BE.

Assessment and management of medically unexplained symptoms

Simon Hatcher  1 , Bruce Arroll
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Review

Assessment and management of medically unexplained symptoms

Simon Hatcher et al. BMJ. .
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: BA is on the advisory board for the Pharmac educational seminars. Pharmac is the government funded drug purchasing agency in New Zealand. He is also on the primary care committee of the Future Forum and educational foundation funded by Astra Zeneca (UK). He has accepted travel and conference funding from Sanofi Aventis.

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