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Klüver–Bucy Syndrome and Psychiatric Illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

D. J. Clarke  and
N. S. Brown
D. J. Clarke*
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham, Department of Psychiatry, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham B15 2TH
N. S. Brown
Affiliation:
Hollymoor Hospital, Northfield, Birmingham B31 SEX
*
∗Correspondence
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A 52-year-old woman, whose initial psychiatric presentation at the age of 15 was with a disorder resembling schizophrenia, developed symptoms of Klüver–Bucy syndrome, and is now thought to suffer from an organic psychotic disorder. Klüver–Bucy syndrome must be distinguished from symptoms of schizophrenia or affective disorder; its presence suggests an organic process.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 157 , Issue 3 , September 1990 , pp. 439 - 441
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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