A review of delusions of parasitosis, part 2: Treatment options

Cutis

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 257-264

  Bak, Rachel ^a,c   Tumu, Phani ^b   Hui, Christina ^c,d   Kay, David ^e   Peng, David ^f  

^a Northridge Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Los Angeles Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^d UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELUSION; HUMAN; PARASITOSIS; REVIEW;

DELUSIONS; HUMANS; PARASITIC DISEASES;

EID: 56449116825     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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