Delusional parasitosis: 102 case studies in Japan

Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 53-64

  Hayashi, T ^a   Fukatsu, N ^a   Matsuoka, N ^a   Andoh, T ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cenesthesia; Cenesthetic schizophrenia; Delusional parasitosis; Late onset paraphrenia; Visual hallucination

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BUTYROPHENONE DERIVATIVE; HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PIMOZIDE; SULPIRIDE; TIAPRIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; ONSET AGE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN SENSATION; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 0032729628     PISSN: 09419500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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