04Apr 2018

PSEUDOCYESIS- A CASE REPORT:-

  • Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
  • Ziauddin Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan.
  • SUNY Albany, NY, USA.
  • AMC MET Medical College, Gujarat, India.
  • American University of integrative sciences, Barbados, WI.
  • University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
  • Wah Medical College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
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[Yasar Sattar, Ali Mahmood Khan, Danish Kherani, Shristi Shrestha, Nirav B Patel, Sharaad Latchana, Mehwish Adnan and Saad Wasiq. (2018); PSEUDOCYESIS- A CASE REPORT:- Int. J. of Adv. Res. 6 (Apr). 211-213] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Ali Mahmood Khan
Kings County Hospital Center

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/6847      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/6847

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