Intranasal formication correlates with diagnosis of delusions of parasitosis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 58, Issue 2 SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

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

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELUSION OF PARASITOSIS; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; FORMICATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SENSATION; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELUSIONS; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE DISEASES; PARESTHESIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC;

EID: 38049144115     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2007.01.029     Document Type: Article

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