PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | somatoform disorder |
| Phenotype | C0520482|somatization disorder |
| Sentences | 1 |
| PubMedID- 22993528 | somatization disorder is one of the somatoform disorders and is characterized by a lot of physical complaints in a variety of organ systems that occurs over a period of several years beginning before 30 years old and results in treatment being sought or significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of the functioning.1 somatization disorder is encountered in females compared to males, with a lifetime prevalence rates of varying from 0.2 to 2 percent for females, and less than 0.2 percent for males.2,3 in our medicine practice, it has been observed that these patients frequently make the primary care units occuped. |
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