Clinical features and imaging findings in a case of Capgras syndrome

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages 1095-1099

  Luca, Maria ^a   Bordone, Andrea ^a   Luca, Antonina ^a   Patti, Andrea ^a   Sortino, Giuseppe ^a   Calandra, Carmela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capgras syndrome; Electroencephalography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Semioval centers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALIENATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CAPGRAS SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELUSION; DISGUST; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSESSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SEMIOVAL CENTER; SLEEP DISORDER; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84881287142     PISSN: 11766328     EISSN: 11782021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/NDT.S47293     Document Type: Article

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