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Review
. 1998 Aug;59(8):640-1.

Globus hystericus or depressivus?

E M Cybulska  1
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  • PMID: 9829059
Review

Globus hystericus or depressivus?

E M Cybulska. Hosp Med. 1998 Aug.

Abstract

Globus hystericus has been often classified as a conversion disorder. More than half of the sufferers are overtly depressed and only a handful have hysterical personality. It is argued that it might be more appropriately viewed as a psychophysiological symptom of depression that responds to antidepressant treatment.

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