Delusional parasitosis following occipito-temporal cerebral infarction [6]

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-132

  Nagaratnam, N ^a   O'Neile, L ^a  

^a Aged Care and Rehab Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC;

ADULT; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELUSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LETTER; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARASITOSIS; PRURITUS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0034020590     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(00)00064-5     Document Type: Letter

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