Imaginary bugs, real distress: Delusional parasitosis

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 784-786

  Frean, John ^a   de Jong, Gillian ^a   Albrecht, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PIMOZIDE; RISPERIDONE;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORPUS STRIATUM; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DELUSIONAL PARASITOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN IRRITATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARANOID DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 57149084092     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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