Postherpetic neuralgia presenting as delusional parasitosis: A case series
Delusional parasitosis (DP) or Ekbom's disease is a rare psychiatric condition where the sufferers have a firm-fixed belief of insects crawling over their skin. The condition may be primary monosymptomatic hypochrondrical delusion or secondary to an underlying psychiatric or organic condition....
Main Authors: | Shailendra Mohan Tripathi, Priti Singh, Nisha Mani Pandey |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2017-01-01
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Series: | Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.ijpm.info/article.asp?issn=0253-7176;year=2017;volume=39;issue=3;spage=347;epage=349;aulast=Tripathi |
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