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Case Reports
. 2009 Nov;55(11):1089-92.

Ectoparasitosis or Ekbom syndrome? A case report

Anne-Pauline Bellanger  1 , Julien Crouzet, Mathilde Boussard, Frédéric Grenouillet, Daniel Sechter, Gilles Capellier, Laurence Millon
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Case Reports

Ectoparasitosis or Ekbom syndrome? A case report

Anne-Pauline Bellanger et al. Can Fam Physician. 2009 Nov.
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Figure 1
Thorax of a spider: Found in the sample from the patient’s first visit.
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Figure 2
Legs of spiders: Found in the sample from the patient’s first visit.
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