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Simultaneous Doppelgänger and limb amputation impression in right frontal opercular stroke

Simultaneous Doppelgänger and limb amputation impression in right frontal opercular stroke

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Simultaneous Doppelgänger and limb amputation impression in right frontal opercular stroke

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Full title

Simultaneous Doppelgänger and limb amputation impression in right frontal opercular stroke

Publisher

London: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd

Journal title

Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry, 2011-11, Vol.82 (11), p.1209-1211

Language

English

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Publisher

London: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd

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Contents

A case is described of a patient who presented almost simultaneously the impression that his left arm was amputated and the feeling of the presence of his invisible Doppelgänger. While these body scheme disorders have both been described after (right) parietal lesions, a right frontal opercular ischaemic stroke was found in the neurological work up...

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Full title

Simultaneous Doppelgänger and limb amputation impression in right frontal opercular stroke

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_896833122

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_896833122

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ISSN

0022-3050

E-ISSN

1468-330X

DOI

10.1136/jnnp.2010.221333

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