A variant of Capgras syndrome with delusional conviction of inanimate doubles in a patient with grandmal epilepsy

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-54

  Nejad, Alireza Ghaffari ^a   Toofani, Khatereh ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Capgras syndrome; Grandmal epilepsy; Inanimate object

Indexed keywords

RISPERIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPGRAS SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELUSIONAL MISIDENTIFICATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; PSYCHOSIS; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 33644926403     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: 16015215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0924-2708.2006.00114.x     Document Type: Article

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