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Delusions of parasitosis: differential diagnosis and treatment
Southern Medical Journal
|August 1, 1985
Abstract:
Delusions of parasitosis, or a patient's persistent belief that he has cutaneous invasion by parasites despite medical evidence to the contrary, is an uncommon syndrome associated with a wide variety of medical and psychiatric disorders. Its prognosis has been improved considerably by the introduction of pimozide, a potent neuroleptic agent.