Iatrogenic delusional parasitosis: A case of physician-patient folie a deux

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 210-212

  Bury, Jessica E ^a   Bostwick, J Michael ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CALCIUM; PIMOZIDE;

APPLICATION SITE EXCORIATION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CONSULTATION; DELUSIONAL PARASITOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCALCEMIA; IATROGENIC DISEASE; PARASITOSIS; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PUNCH BIOPSY; SHARED PSYCHOTIC DISORDER;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DELUSIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; PARASITIC DISEASES; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SHARED PARANOID DISORDER;

EID: 77950691906     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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