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Historical and clinical considerations on Ekbom’s syndrome
International Review of Psychiatry, 2020Ekbom's syndrome represents a relatively uncommon neuropsychiatric condition characterized by the recurrent and bizarre fixed delusional belief to be infested by small organisms or even unanimated materials ('Morgellons disease'), without any objective evidence of infestation/parasitosis.
Laura Orsolini +3 more
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Willis–Ekbom Disease or Restless Legs Syndrome?
Sleep Medicine, 2015Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) or Willis-Ekbom Disease (WED) is highly prevalent, but patients and healthcare providers alike know little about it. Furthermore, controversy persists as to the best way of diagnosing this nosological entity.To verify whether the term used to refer to this disease entity (Restless Legs Syndrome or Willis-Ekbom Disease ...
K. Carlos +3 more
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Dermatozoenwahn — Ekboms syndrom En litteraturöversikt
Nordisk Psykiatrisk Tidsskrift, 1975Bifogade litteraturoversikt utgor inledningen till en egen undersokning av dermatozoenwahn. Annika Skott ar underlakare vid universitetskliniken, S:t Jorgens sjukhus, Goteborg.
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Professor Karl-Axel Ekbom and restless legs syndrome
Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 2009The authors provide an historical review of restless legs syndrome, emphasizing the contribution of Professor Karl-Axel Ekbom, the Swedish neurologist who made the first detailed clinical description of this disease.
Hélio A G, Teive +2 more
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Coexistence of the Ekbom Syndrome and Lilliputian Hallucination
Psychopathology, 1992A patient who showed Ekbom's syndrome, i.e. delusions of parasitosis, and also lilliputian hallucination is described. She was diagnosed as senile dementia based on the diagnostic criteria of DSM-III-R and cerebral imaging techniques. When she was 74 years, she felt a mowworm-like wriggle in her stomach and their travels all over her body. When she was
A, Kanazawa, T, Hata
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[Ekbom syndrome or delusional parasitosis].
La Revue du praticien, 2007Ekbom syndrome or delusional parasitosis is mainly described in presenile women who are unmarried or living alone. The presenting dermatological symptom is persistent pruritus, and the patients take medical advice in several practitioners one after another.
Patrice, Bourée +2 more
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[Delusional parasitosis or Ekbom's syndrome].
La Revue de medecine interne, 2000Ekbom's syndrome or delusional parasitosis is a disorder in which the patient believes that he/she is infected by a parasite. Epidemiologic, nosologic, psychopathologic and therapeutic data can barely be interpreted, as delusional parasitosis has mostly been described in either isolated cases or small cohorts.
A, Aït-Ameur +3 more
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CNS Spectrums
IntroductionDelusional parasitosis, yclept Ekbom’s Syndrome, was originally described in 1938 and has an incidence of up to 4.2 per 100,000 people (Olivera, 2017; Orsolini, 2020). While the average duration of this delusion is three years, it can last decades (Al-Imam, 2019).
Camryn F. Hirsch, Patricia M. Bonilla
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IntroductionDelusional parasitosis, yclept Ekbom’s Syndrome, was originally described in 1938 and has an incidence of up to 4.2 per 100,000 people (Olivera, 2017; Orsolini, 2020). While the average duration of this delusion is three years, it can last decades (Al-Imam, 2019).
Camryn F. Hirsch, Patricia M. Bonilla
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Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis Ekbom Disease
2017Restless legs syndrome (RLS)/Willis–Ekbom disease (WED), is a common neurological disorder characterized by uncomfortable and unpleasant sensations in the legs, with an urge to move. The general population prevalence has been estimated at approximately 5%.
Luigi Ferini-Strambi, Sara Marelli
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