NATURE AND TREATMENT OF DELUSIONAL PARASITOSIS: A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE IN INDIA

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 1994, Pages 851-855

  SRINIVASAN, T N ^a   SURESH, T R ^a   JAYARAM, VASANTHA ^a   FERNANDEZ, M P ^a  

^a SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORACTIL; CHLORPROMAZINE; HALOPERIDOL; PIMOZIDE; TRIFLUOPERAZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DELUSIONS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIMOZIDE; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0028109784     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1994.tb01019.x     Document Type: Article

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