Neurocysticercosis Presenting as Schizophrenia: a Case Report
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چکیده
Psychiatric manifestations of neurocysticercosis presenting mainly as organic psychosis are well documented. A patient with neurocysticercosis who presented with a schizophrenia like functional psychiatric illness is hereby reported.
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