Delusional parasitosis: Apropos of a case;Delusión parasitaria: A propósito de un caso

Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Barreras, María Elena Rodríguez ^a,b   Fernández, Beatriz Mantecón ^a,b   De Paz, Virginia Capó ^a,c   Almeida Lorente, José M ^a,c   Rubio, Daniel González ^a,c   Fernández, René Díaz ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b Dermatologí   (Cuba)

^c Ciencias Médicas Diagnósticas ^*

Author keywords

Acarophobia; Delusional parasitosis; Hallucinations; Neurotic excoriations; Parasitic delirium; Skin exulcerations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DELUSION; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INFESTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SKIN; SKIN DISEASE; TIME;

DELUSIONS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750819085     PISSN: 03750760     EISSN: 03750760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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