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An Unusual Monosymptomatic Hypochondriacal Delusion Presenting as Self-insertion of a Foreign Body into the Urethra

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Garry Walter
Garry Walter*
Affiliation:
The Northside Clinic, Sydney
*
∗ 7 Arding Street, Lane Cove NSW 2066, Australia
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 159 , Issue 2 , August 1991 , pp. 283 - 284
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Copyright © 1991 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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