Paramnestic Delusions following Head Injury
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Paramnesic delusions are rare psychiatric sequelae after head injury. In a follow-up of 346 patients only three such cases were seen. Case histories of those patients with a follow-up for eighteen months, their clinical features, psychometric evaluations etc. are described, followed by a discussion into their genesis and persistence.
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 30 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1988