Koro: culture bound or mass hysteria?

Debjit RoyDepartment of Psychiatry, Silchar Medical College and Hospital, Silchar, Assam, India

Susmita HazarikaDepartment of Psychiatry, Silchar Medical College and Hospital, Silchar, Assam, India

Arnab BhattacharyaDepartment of Psychiatry, Silchar Medical College and Hospital, Silchar, Assam, India

Shyamanta DasDepartment of Psychiatry, Silchar Medical College and Hospital, Silchar, Assam, India

Kamal NathDepartment of Psychiatry, Silchar Medical College and Hospital, Silchar, Assam, India

Sahoo SaddichhaDepartment of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India

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