Diffuse pruritic lesions in a 37-year-old man after sleeping in an abandoned building

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 164, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1166-1172

  Dunn, Jeffrey ^a,b   Murphy, Michael B ^a   Fox, Katherine M ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; COCAINE; DICYCLOVERINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; LORAZEPAM; OPIATE; PERMETHRIN; QUETIAPINE;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DELUSION; FOLLOW UP; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH; PARASITOSIS; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOSIS; SCABIES; SLEEP; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADULT; DELUSIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; HALLUCINATIONS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PRURIGO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; SLEEP; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34548062371     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07030381     Document Type: Conference Paper

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