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Capgras and Koro

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

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

Abstract

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

Type
Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © 1992 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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