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What do guidelines and systematic reviews tell us about the management of medically unexplained symptoms in primary care?

Tim C olde Hartman, Marianne Rosendal, Aase Aamland, Henriette E van der Horst, Judith GM Rosmalen, Chris D Burton and Peter LBJ Lucassen
BJGP Open 2017; 1 (3): bjgpopen17X101061. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen17X101061
Tim C olde Hartman
1 GP, Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, , The Netherlands
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  • For correspondence: tim.oldeHartman{at}radboudumc.nl
Marianne Rosendal
2 GP, Research Unit of General Practice, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, , Denmark
3 GP, Research Unit for General Practice, Uni Research Health, , Norway
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Aase Aamland
4 GP, Research Unit for General Practice, Uni Research Health, , Norway
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Henriette E van der Horst
5 GP, Department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine, VU University Medical Centre, , Netherlands
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Judith GM Rosmalen
6 Professor of Psychosomatic Research, Department of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, , Netherlands
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Chris D Burton
7 GP, Academic Unit of Primary Medical Care, University of Sheffield, , UK
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Peter LBJ Lucassen
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vol. 1 no. 3 bjgpopen17X101061
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen17X101061
PubMed 
30564678

Published By 
Royal College of General Practitioners
History 
  • Received March 17, 2017
  • Accepted April 10, 2017
  • Published online October 5, 2017.

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  1. Tim C olde Hartman, MD, PhD1,*,
  2. Marianne Rosendal, MD, PhD2,3,
  3. Aase Aamland, MD, PhD4,
  4. Henriette E van der Horst, MD, PhD5,
  5. Judith GM Rosmalen, PhD6,
  6. Chris D Burton, MD, PhD7 and
  7. Peter LBJ Lucassen, MD, PhD8
  1. 1 GP, Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen , The Netherlands
  2. 2 GP, Research Unit of General Practice, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense , Denmark
  3. 3 GP, Research Unit for General Practice, Uni Research Health, Bergen , Norway
  4. 4 GP, Research Unit for General Practice, Uni Research Health, Bergen , Norway
  5. 5 GP, Department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam , Netherlands
  6. 6 Professor of Psychosomatic Research, Department of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen , Netherlands
  7. 7 GP, Academic Unit of Primary Medical Care, University of Sheffield, Sheffield , UK
  8. 8 GP, Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Nimegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen , The Netherlands
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
     tim.oldeHartman{at}radboudumc.nl
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