Abstract | BACKGROUND:
Capgras syndrome is characterized by a delusional belief that a person has been replaced by an imposter. It has been described in psychiatric and neurological (neurodegenerative and nonneurodegenerative) diseases. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether the clinical and demographic features of subjects with Capgras syndrome differ when the syndrome is associated with neurodegenerative compared with nonneurodegenerative diseases, and whether features differ across different neurodegenerative diseases. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Tertiary care medical center. Patients Forty-seven subjects with Capgras syndrome. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Keith A Josephs |
Journal | Archives of neurology
(Arch Neurol)
Vol. 64
Issue 12
Pg. 1762-6
(Dec 2007)
ISSN: 0003-9942 [Print] United States |
PMID | 18071040
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Aged
- Alzheimer Disease
(epidemiology, psychology)
- Brain
(pathology)
- Capgras Syndrome
(epidemiology, pathology, psychology)
- Delusions
(pathology, psychology)
- Dementia
(epidemiology, psychology)
- Female
- Humans
- Lewy Body Disease
(epidemiology, psychology)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neurodegenerative Diseases
(epidemiology, pathology, psychology)
- Retrospective Studies
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