Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
Letter to the Editor
The Missed Diagnosis and Misdiagnosis of Pediatric ObesityLydecker J.A. ยท Grilo C.M.Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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Psychother Psychosom 2017;86:173-174
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Received: October 05, 2016
Accepted: October 15, 2016
Published online: May 11, 2017
Issue release date: May 2017
Number of Print Pages: 2
Number of Figures: 0
Number of Tables: 1
ISSN: 0033-3190 (Print)
eISSN: 1423-0348 (Online)
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Article / Publication Details
Received: October 05, 2016
Accepted: October 15, 2016
Published online: May 11, 2017
Issue release date: May 2017
Number of Print Pages: 2
Number of Figures: 0
Number of Tables: 1
ISSN: 0033-3190 (Print)
eISSN: 1423-0348 (Online)
For additional information: https://www.karger.com/PPS
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