Delusional parasitosis in the elderly: A review and report of six cases from Northern Finland

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 459-464

  Räsänen, Pirkko ^a   Erkonen, Kari ^a   Isaksson, Ulrica ^a   Koho, Pirjo ^a   Varis, Risto ^a   Timonen, Markku ^a   Leinonen, Esa ^a   Isohanni, Matti ^a   Alanko, Antti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELUSION; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LOUSE; PARASITOSIS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; WORM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; PARASITIC DISEASES; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0031447970     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610297004596     Document Type: Article

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