Rapid resolution of delusional parasitosis in pellagra with niacin augmentation therapy

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 581-584

  Prakash, Ravi ^a   Gandotra, Sachin ^a   Singh, Lokesh Kumar ^a   Das, Basudeb ^a   Lakra, Anuja ^b  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (India)

^b RAJENDRA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Delusional parasitosis; Niacin augmentation; Pellagra

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; NICOTINIC ACID; PROMETHAZINE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENTAL TEST; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PARASITOSIS; PELLAGRA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SKIN BIOPSY;

DELUSIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIACIN; PELLAGRA; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 54349095588     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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