Characteristics of 34 adults with psychogenic excoriation

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 509-514

  Arnold, Lesley M ^a   McElroy, Susan L ^a   Mutasim, Diya F ^a   Dwight, Megan M ^a   Lamerson, Cindy L ^a   Morris, Emily M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOOD; OBSESSION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENESIS; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCRATCHING; SKIN DEFECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031725128     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v59n1003     Document Type: Article

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