Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 84-86 , June 2010

Delusional procreation syndrome: A psychopathology in procreation of human beings

  • Narayana Manjunatha

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore 560029, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91 80-26995276; fax: +91 8026564492.
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  • Pradip Kumar Sarma

      Affiliations

    • LGB Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur 784 001, Assam, India
    • ,
  • Suresh Bada Math

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore 560029, India
    • ,
  • Santosh Kumar Chaturvedi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore 560029, India

Received 4 February 2009 ,Revised 22 December 2009 ,Accepted 28 February 2010.

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☆ Address of work done: LGB Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur, Assam, India.

PII: S1876-2018(10)00012-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2010.02.001

Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 84-86 , June 2010

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