Imaginary insect or mite infestations

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 168-170

  Goddard, Jerome ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Bureau of Environmental Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Delusions; Infestation; Pimozide; Scabies; Skin

Indexed keywords

PIMOZIDE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT; MITE; PARASITOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SPIDER; TICK; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031959185     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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