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Delusional Parasitosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Simon Wessely*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine King's College Hospital Denmark Hill London SE5
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Abstract

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Correspondence
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1987 

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