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Review
. 2015 Feb 27:6:37.
doi: 10.3389/fneur.2015.00037. eCollection 2015.

Functional or psychogenic movement disorders: an endless enigmatic tale

Carlo Dallocchio  1 , Antonio Marangi  2 , Michele Tinazzi  2
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Review

Functional or psychogenic movement disorders: an endless enigmatic tale

Carlo Dallocchio et al. Front Neurol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: conversion disorder; functional neurological symptom disorder; physical activity; psychogenic movement disorders; psychological therapy; psychosomatic symptoms; somatoform disorder.

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