Folie à deux, diagnosed by delusional parasitosis [16]

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-96

  Gönül, Müzeyyen ^a   Kiliç, Arzu ^a   Soylu, Seçil ^a   Gül, Ülker ^a   Aydemir, Çiǧdem ^a   Koçak, Oǧuzhan ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLANZAPINE; PIMOZIDE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE;

ADULT; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DELUSIONAL PARASITOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRURITUS; PSYCHIATRIST; SHARED PSYCHOTIC DISORDER;

ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHARED PARANOID DISORDER;

EID: 38549098624     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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