Delusional misidentification of inanimate objects: A literature review and neuropsychological analysis of cognitive deficits in two cases

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-40

  Ellis, Hadyn D ^a,f   Quayle, Angela H ^a   De Pauw, Karel W ^b   Szulecka, T Krystyna ^c   Young, Andrew W ^d   Kolkiewicz, Lucja A ^e  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c DONCASTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^e Claybury Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^f CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0005591640     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135468096396686     Document Type: Review

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