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Capgras and Koro

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Marcellino G. Smyth  and
Christine Dean
Marcellino G. Smyth*
Affiliation:
West Midlands Regional Health Authority, Uffculme Clinic, Mosely, Birmingham
Christine Dean
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Birmingham
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

The concurrence of Capgras and koro syndromes in a man with affective disorder is reported.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 161 , Issue 1 , July 1992 , pp. 121 - 123
Copyright
Copyright © 1992 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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