Morgellons disease: A rapport-enhancing term for delusions of parasitosis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 913-914

  Murase, Jenny E ^a   Wu, Jashin J ^a   Koo, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; DELUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MORGELLONS DISEASE; PARASITOSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EXAMINATION;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITIC DISEASES; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33749660356     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.04.042     Document Type: Letter

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