Drug-induced delusions of parasitosis during treatment of Parkinson's disease [3]

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1086-1087

  Swick, Brian L ^a,b   Walling, Hobart W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; AMOXICILLIN; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; KETOCONAZOLE; PIMOZIDE; PROCAINE PENICILLIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DELUSION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HALLUCINATION; HOIGNE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; LETTER; MALE; PANIC; PARASITOSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMANTADINE; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; DELUSIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC;

EID: 27944437006     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.06.040     Document Type: Letter

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