Is there a better term than “Medically unexplained symptoms”?

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The term functional disorders should be revitalised

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SYNERGETIC BIOPSYCHOSOCIOSPIRITUAL CONCEPTION OF MENTAL EPIDEMIC OF SOMATOFORM DISORDERS

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Somatisatie, aanpak door de huisarts

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Management of physical symptoms in the absence of organic disease

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Additional file 2 of The general practitioners perspective regarding registration of persistent somatic symptoms in primary care: a survey

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Additional file 1 of The general practitioners perspective regarding registration of persistent somatic symptoms in primary care: a survey

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Medically Unexplained Symptoms

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