Towards an understanding of delusions of misidentification: Four case studies

Mind and Language

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 74-110

  Breen, Nora ^a   Caine, Diana ^a   Coltheart, Max ^b   Hendy, Julie ^c   Roberts, Corrine ^d  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Julie Hendy and Associates   (Australia)

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EID: 0034134781     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0017.00124     Document Type: Article

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