Delusional Parasitosis

Tropical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1700-1707

  Suh, Kathryn N ^a   Keystone, Jay S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 57149117106     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-06668-9.50140-X     Document Type: Chapter

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