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Brain Imaging in a Case of Capgras' Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Shôn W. Lewis
Shôn W. Lewis*
Affiliation:
Genetics Section, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF. (Formerly Senior Registrar, Department of Psychological Medicine, The National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square, London WC1.)
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Abstract

A patient developed Capgras' syndrome as part of an interictal psychosis of epilepsy; magnetic resonance imaging revealed bilateral subcortical lesions in occipitotemporal and frontal regions. These findings have implications for the postulated association between Capgras' syndrome and neuropsychological deficits, in particular prosopagnosia.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 150 , Issue 1 , January 1987 , pp. 117 - 121
Copyright
Copyright © 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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