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Ekbom syndrome - a case report [PDF]
European Psychiatry, 2021 Introduction Delusional parasitosis/infestation or Ekbom syndrome is an uncommon psychotic disorder characterized by a false belief that there is a parasitic infestation of the skin - the delusion that insects are crawling underneath the skin ...
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European Psychiatry, 2022 Introduction Ekbom syndrome is a clinical term for delusional parasitosis, a condition characterized by the belief that one’s skin is infested by invisible parasites.
D. Bosnjak Kuharic +4 more
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Ekbom Syndrome - A Case Report
European Psychiatry, 2023 Introduction Ekbom Syndrome is a rare condition presenting as a uni-thematic delusional belief of parasitosis. Affected individuals are often socially isolated presenile females.
K. Keenan, C. Clarke
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Revista Portuguesa de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental, 2020 Delusional parasitosis, also known as delusional infestation or Ekbom syndrome, is a somatic type of delusional disorder, usually mono‑symptomatic, in which patients are convinced they are being infested with animal parasites while no objective evidence ...
Ana Teresa Pereira +4 more
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Ekbom Syndrome Occurring with Multi Infarct Dementia [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015 Ekbom Syndrome is characterized by delusion that small living being infests skin. The clinical profile of this disorder has shown it to be associated with organic conditions.
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Ekbom’s syndrome in a bipolar disorder patient: a case report
Debates em Psiquiatria, 2021 Introduction: Ekbom syndrome is a rare condition in which the patient believes that his or her body is infested by worms or other parasites.This condition is associated to mental ilness in 81% of cases.
Filipe Augusto Cursino de Freitas +1 more
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Practice recommendations for the role of physiotherapy in the management of sleep disorders: the 2022 Brazilian Sleep Association Guidelines [PDF]
Sleep Science, 2022 This clinical guideline supported by the Brazilian Sleep Association comprises a brief history of the development of Brazilian sleep physiotherapy, outlines the role of the physiotherapist as part of a sleep health team, and describes the clinical ...
Cristina Frange +26 more
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The prevalence of Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis-ekbom disease (RLS/WED) in the third trimester of pregnancy:a systematic review [PDF]
, 2020 BACKGROUND: RLS is known as one of the most common movement disorders during pregnancy, which is most aggravated in the third trimester of pregnancy and can affect up to one-third of pregnant women. This study intends to determine the total prevalence of
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Long-acting paliperidone in Ekbom’s syndrome in Lewy body dementia: A case report
Translational Neuroscience, 2022 Ekbom Syndrome (ES) is characterised by fixed, delusional beliefs that one’s body is infested by parasites or other vermin in absence of supporting clinical evidence.
Orsolini Laura +3 more
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Ekbom Syndrome associated with Lewy Body Dementia: A case report
Dementia & Neuropsychologia, 2020 Ekbom Syndrome, also known as parasitosis delusion or psychogenic parasitosis, is a rare condition in which patients present with a fixed belief of being infested by parasites, vermin or small insects, along with tactile hallucinations (such as pruritus ...
Felippe José Pontes de Mendonça +2 more
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