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Clinical importance of nightmare disorder in patients with dissociative disorders

Mehmet Yucel Agargun1, Hayrettin Kara, Omer Akil Ozer

  • 1Yuzuncu Yil University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Van, Turkey. myagargun@kure.com.tr

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
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