Lithium Intoxication Presenting as a Mixed Misidentification Syndrome
A case is reported of lithium intoxication presenting with a mixed misidentification syndrome including features of Capgras syndrome. CT scanning showed cerebral atrophy, greater on the right, consistent with earlier evidence, suggesting that misidentification syndromes are more common with right he...
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| description | A case is reported of lithium intoxication presenting with a mixed misidentification syndrome including features of Capgras syndrome. CT scanning showed cerebral atrophy, greater on the right, consistent with earlier evidence, suggesting that misidentification syndromes are more common with right hemisphere lesions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-40688456c96c42848ec39e7a795649262025-02-03T06:06:39ZengWileyBehavioural Neurology0953-41801875-85841992-01-0151192210.3233/BEN-1992-5103Lithium Intoxication Presenting as a Mixed Misidentification SyndromeS. G. Potts0Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, Camberwell, London SE5 8AZ, UKA case is reported of lithium intoxication presenting with a mixed misidentification syndrome including features of Capgras syndrome. CT scanning showed cerebral atrophy, greater on the right, consistent with earlier evidence, suggesting that misidentification syndromes are more common with right hemisphere lesions.http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-1992-5103 |
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| title | Lithium Intoxication Presenting as a Mixed Misidentification Syndrome |
| title_full | Lithium Intoxication Presenting as a Mixed Misidentification Syndrome |
| title_fullStr | Lithium Intoxication Presenting as a Mixed Misidentification Syndrome |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lithium Intoxication Presenting as a Mixed Misidentification Syndrome |
| title_short | Lithium Intoxication Presenting as a Mixed Misidentification Syndrome |
| title_sort | lithium intoxication presenting as a mixed misidentification syndrome |
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