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Introduction to Culture-Bound Syndromes

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Ronald C. Simons, MD

A startled Malay woman with latah mocks the photographer.Source: Simons RC (1983)

November 2001, Vol. XVIII, Issue 11

A startled Malay woman with latah mocks the photographer.
Source: Simons RC (1983)

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