Capgras syndrome as part of delusional organic disorder
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Capgras' syndrome with organic disorders.
Capgras' syndrome, one form of the delusional misidentification syndromes, is described. Three patients with the syndrome are reported. The first had a right cerebral infarction, the second had nephrotic syndrome secondary to severe pre-eclampsia in the puerperium, and the third had uncontrolled diabetes mellitus with dementia. Evidence is reviewed regarding an organic aetiology for Capgras' sy...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicinski casopis
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0350-1221
DOI: 10.5937/mckg47-2634