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Capgras Syndrome in a Patient with Migraine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

M. S. Bhatia*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University College of Medical Sciences, Shahdara, Delhi-110032, India
*
D-1, Naraina Vihar, New Delhi-110028, India

Abstract

Capgras syndrome in a patient with migraine is reported. It is difficult to establish whether this association, which has only been reported once before, had aetiological significance or was coincidental. Investigating all cases of Capgras syndrome for organic pathology by MRI is suggested.

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