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The Charles Bonnet Syndrome
Author(s) -
Lefroy Richard B.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
australasian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 1440-6381
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-6612.1999.tb00117.x
Subject(s) - charles bonnet syndrome , dementia , psychology , psychoanalysis , gerontology , psychiatry , medicine , visual hallucination , pathology , disease
. The history is reported of a person who fitted the description of the Charles Bonnet syndrome, a condition that was first described many years ago and largely ignored until recently. Although it has been suggested that the syndrome might be a marker for development of dementia, it warants consideration in an elderly person who presents with low vision and hallucinations.