A rare misidentification syndrome: seeing a monozygotic twin in the mirror.
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A 67-year-old married, unemployed, primary school-educated (5 years of education) female was born as one of identical twin sisters. The patient did not have any complaints when she was brought to our psychiatry clinic by her son in June 2013; however, her son reported that his mother believed that she could see her identical twin sister in the mirror, and that her identical twin was trapped in the mirror and could not eat or drink.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Turk psikiyatri dergisi = Turkish journal of psychiatry
دوره 25 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014