Delusion of oral parasitosis in a patient with major depressive disorder

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-77

  Ghaffari Nejad, Alireza ^a   Toofani, Khatereh ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Delusion; Major depressive disorder; Oral cavity; Parasite

Indexed keywords

IMIPRAMINE; PIMOZIDE;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GUSTATORY HALLUCINATION; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; INSOMNIA; IRAN; LIZARD; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOUTH CAVITY; PARASITOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; RARE DISEASE; RESTLESSNESS; SOMATIC DELUSION;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DELUSIONS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMIPRAMINE; MOUTH; PARASITIC DISEASES; PIMOZIDE;

EID: 31144435518     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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