Successful treatment of delusional disorder of the somatic type or "delusional parasitosis" with olanzapine

Pharmacopsychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 121-122

  Bosmans, A ^a,b   Verbanck, P ^a  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UVC Brugmann   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLANZAPINE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELUSION; DELUSIONAL PARASITOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID;

EID: 44849137946     PISSN: 01763679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1062697     Document Type: Letter

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