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MeSH Review:

Capgras Syndrome

Tueth, M.J. et al., Lewis, S.W., Daniel, D.G. et al., Fialkov, M.J. et al., Holschneider, D.P. et al., et al.

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Disease relevance of Capgras Syndrome

We have described a patient in whom EEG abnormalities, a seizure disorder, and Capgras syndrome developed two weeks after she started taking disulfiram [1].

High impact information on Capgras Syndrome

Shared Capgras syndrome and nifedipine [2].
A patient developed Capgras' syndrome as part of an interictal psychosis of epilepsy; magnetic resonance imaging revealed bilateral subcortical lesions in occipitotemporal and frontal regions [3].
A variant of the Capgras syndrome is described in a 43-year-old woman who had vitiligo and multinodular goitre [4].
Successful treatment with pimozide of Capgras syndrome in an elderly male [5].
Capgras' syndrome and psychosis in a patient with tuberous sclerosis [6].

Chemical compound and disease context of Capgras Syndrome

A case of Capgras syndrome in a 67-year-old man who failed to improve on haloperidol, but responded to pimozide, is described [5].
Capgras syndrome related to diazepam treatment [7].
Capgras' syndrome in chloroquine induced psychosis [8].

References

Capgras delusion and seizures in association with therapeutic dosages of disulfiram. Daniel, D.G., Swallows, A., Wolff, F. South. Med. J. (1987) [Pubmed]
Shared Capgras syndrome and nifedipine. Franklin, G.S., Brown, J.W., Freedman, M.L. Lancet (1982) [Pubmed]
Brain imaging in a case of Capgras' syndrome. Lewis, S.W. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science. (1987) [Pubmed]
An unusual case of the Capgras syndrome. Fialkov, M.J., Robins, A.H. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science. (1978) [Pubmed]
Successful treatment with pimozide of Capgras syndrome in an elderly male. Tueth, M.J., Cheong, J.A. Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology. (1992) [Pubmed]
Capgras' syndrome and psychosis in a patient with tuberous sclerosis. Holschneider, D.P., Szuba, M.P. The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences. (1992) [Pubmed]
Capgras syndrome related to diazepam treatment. Stewart, J.T. South. Med. J. (2004) [Pubmed]
Capgras' syndrome in chloroquine induced psychosis. Bhatia, M.S., Dhar, N.K., Singhal, P.K. Indian pediatrics. (1988) [Pubmed]

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