Fear of genital retraction into the abdomen leading to death.
- Specialty
- Psychiatry
- Subspecialty
- Psychiatry / Culture-bound syndromes
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected, nipple retraction fear; Children: rare
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Genital retraction syndrome
Etiology & mechanism
Culture-bound anxiety syndrome.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (4)
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Shares genes with
None.
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