201. Epidemic Koro in West Bengal, India
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Hiranmoy Saha, G.C. Boral, Banerjee G, and Nandi Dn
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Adult ,Male ,Adolescent ,Koro ,Culture ,05 social sciences ,India ,Outbreak ,050108 psychoanalysis ,medicine.disease ,Delusions ,050105 experimental psychology ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Geography ,Depersonalization ,Body Image ,medicine ,Humans ,Female ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,West bengal ,Breast ,Rural area ,Socioeconomics ,Penis - Abstract
The present study draws attention to the recent sudden outbreak of Koro in epidemic form in the rural areas of West Bengal, India. The details of three such cases are reported.
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- 1983
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