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MYASTHENIA GRAVIS AS HYSTERIA OR SOUNDS OF SILENCE
Author(s) -
Ball J. R. B.,
Lloyd J. H.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb88009.x
Subject(s) - hysteria , myasthenia gravis , silence , girl , psychoanalysis , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , philosophy , developmental psychology , aesthetics
A history is presented of a young girl who suffered from myasthenia gravis. Her illness was originally diagnosed as “hysteria”. The various factors which may nave influenced this choice of diagnosis are discussed.