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Practical guide for the diagnosis and treatment of localized and generalized cutaneous pruritus (chronic itch with no underlying pruritic dermatosis)

The Journal of Dermatology, Volume 52, Issue 2, Page 204-220, February 2025.
Abstract Itch, also known as pruritus, is one of the most prevalent symptoms observed in dermatological practices. Itch frequently arises from primary pruritic dermatoses, although it may also manifest in the absence of a primary pruritic skin rash. The latter itchy condition is referred to as “cutaneous pruritus” in the Japanese guidelines published ...
Takashi Hashimoto, Satoshi Okuno
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Disintegration highway: Towards a psychogeography of planetary urban breakdown

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, Volume 46, Issue 1, Page 138-156, January 2025.
This paper develops a psychogeographical approach to our apocalyptic urban present, based on a journey down a highway on the outskirts of the city of Iquitos in the Peruvian Amazon. The intensity of psychogeographical method brings out elements of the senselessness and violence of planetary urbanization imperceptible at more abstract levels of analysis,
Japhy Wilson
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Assessment and reduction of insect infestation of cured fish in South East Asia, with laboratory studies on Chrysomya raegacephala (fab.), a principal causative agent [PDF]

, 1988
A survey of cured fish establishments in 5 countries of South East Asia, revealed that cured fish is a nutritionally and economically important commodity in the region and that insect infestation, in particular blowfly infestation during processing and ...
Esser, John R.
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An international study of the prevalence of substance use in patients with delusional infestation [PDF]

, 2017
To the Editor: Delusional infestation (DI) is a disorder characterised by the belief of being infested with living organisms or objects.1 Insects and worms are the most common concerns.
Squire, Stephen Bertel, Stephen Bertel Squire, Harth, Wolfgang, Peter Lepping, Squire, Bertie, Kemperman, Patrick M. J. H., Freudenmann, Roland W., Noorthoorn, Eric O., Satwinder Shinhmar, Patrick M.J.H. Kemperman, Wolfgang Harth, Reichenberg, Jason S., Bertel Squire, Stephen, Kemperman, Stephen, Roland W. Freudenmann, Anthony Bewley, Jason S. Reichenberg, Eric O. Noorthoorn, Bewley, Anthony, Lepping, Peter, Shinhmar, Satwinder, Kemperman, Patrick M.J.H., Reichenberg, Jason, Bewley, A.   +23 more
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A Terrible Prank Gone Horribly Wrong the Development of Delusional Infestation as an Adjustment Reaction to a Traumatic Hoax [PDF]

, 2021
Delusional infestation (DI) is a somatic type delusional disorder, characterized by a fixed belief that one is infested by living or nonliving pathogens (1,3) .
Scheinthal, Stephen, Khan, Munaza, Wong, Timothy, El-Shammaa, Nardin   +3 more
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Invasive Species: Immunity and Community in Contemporary Outbreak Narratives

The Russian Review, Volume 83, Issue 3, Page 399-413, July 2024.
Abstract The word contagion, derived from Latin contagio, the combination of con (“together with”) and tagio (“touch”), suggests a close relationship between the human body and community. It stands to reason, then, that contagion narratives in one way or the other attempt to reflect upon one’s being in the world, with others, whether human or non‐human,
Julia Vaingurt
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Tungiasis Infestation in Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2010
Tungiasis is caused by the jigger flea Tunga penetrans. We describe a case of severe infestation from Kigoma region, Western Tanzania. A 19-year-old male with epilepsy and mental disability presented with ulcerated and inflamed toes. Clinical examination
Mazigo, Humphrey D, Maria Zinga, Heukelbach, Jorg, Jorg Heukelbach, Behamana, Emmanuel, Mazigo, Humphrey D., Emmanuel Behamana, Zinga, Maria, Humphrey D. Mazigo   +8 more
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Efficacy and safety of donepezil in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies: results from a 12‐week multicentre, randomised, double‐blind, and placebo‐controlled phase IV study

Psychogeriatrics, Volume 24, Issue 3, Page 542-554, May 2024.
Abstract Background Donepezil has been approved in Japan for the treatment of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) based on clinical trials showing its beneficial effects on cognitive impairment. This phase IV study evaluated the efficacy of donepezil by focusing on global clinical status during a 12‐week double‐blind phase.
Etsuro Mori, Manabu Ikeda, Eizo Iseki, Sadao Katayama, Yasuhiro Nagahama, Megumi Ohdake, Takao Takase   +6 more
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Delusions of parasitosis

Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2013
Patients with delusions of parasitosis (DOP) are more commonly recognized in dermatology practices today. However, dermatologists may feel uncomfortable treating these patients because of the psychiatric nature of their disorder.
Jillian W Wong, John YM Koo
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Regional gray matter volume and structural network strength in somatic vs. non-somatic delusional disorders [PDF]

, 2018
BackgroundMonothematic delusional disorders are characterized by a single tenacious belief. They provide a great opportunity to study underlying brain structures in the absence of confounding symptoms that accompany delusions in schizophrenia. Delusional
Lepping P., Erwin Kirchler, Corlett P. R., Kirchler E., Robert Christian Wolf, Huber M., Freudenmann R. W., Philip R. Corlett, Lepping, Peter, Herrnberger B., Bärbel Herrnberger, Fabio Sambataro, Peter Lepping, Sambataro, Fabio, Herrnberger, Bärbel, Freudenmann, Roland W., Markus Huber, Corlett, Philip R., Karner, Martin, Wolf R. C., Roland W. Freudenmann, Huber, Markus, Wolf, Robert Christian, Sambataro F., Martin Karner, Kirchler, Erwin, Karner M.   +26 more
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