Delusional parasitosis: A clinical profile

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-91

  Bhatia, Manjeet S ^a,b   Jagawat, Tushar ^a   Choudhary, Sandeep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Delusional parasitosis; Hypochondriasis; Incidence; Prognosis; Psychosis; Symptomatology; Tr eatment

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; FLUOXETINE; PIMOZIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; INCIDENCE; INFESTATION; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITOSIS; PROGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

EID: 0033921349     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/BBDT-CGB9-BB3L-8HM3     Document Type: Article

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