A cry for help, do not omit the signs. dermatitis artefacta - Psychiatric problems in dermatological diseases (a review of 5 cases)

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Wojewoda, Karolina ^a   Brenner, Jonas ^a   Kakol, Monika ^a   Naesström, Matilda ^a   Cubała, Wiesław Jerzy ^a   Kozicka, Dorota ^a   Nowicki, Roman ^a   Sokołowska Wojdyło, Małgorzata ^a   Barańska Rybak, Wioletta ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dermatitis artefacta; Diagnosis; Psychodermatology

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; IBUPROFEN; MIRTAZAPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OCTENIDINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RETINOID; RIFAMPICIN; SILVER NITRATE; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENFLAXINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOTHERAPY; DEPRESSION; DERMATITIS ARTEFACTA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PAIN; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHOTOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN NODULE; SKIN ULCER; SMEAR; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 84867593235     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.883474     Document Type: Review

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