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The Desire for Amputation or Paralyzation: Evidence for Structural Brain Anomalies in Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID)

BACKGROUND: Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID) is a condition in which individuals perceive a mismatch between their internal body scheme and physical body shape, resulting in an absolute desire to be either amputated or paralyzed. The condition is hypothesized to be of congenital nature, but e...

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Autores principales: Blom, Rianne M., van Wingen, Guido A., van der Wal, Sija J., Luigjes, Judy, van Dijk, Milenna T., Scholte, H. Steven, Denys, Damiaan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5104450/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27832097
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165789