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Case Reports in Psychiatry
Volume 2017, Article ID 3968751, 3 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/3968751
Case Report

Misdiagnoses of Epilepsy as Ekbom Syndrome, Mood Instability, and Nocturnal Visual Hallucinations

M. Duarte Mangas, Y. Martins, L. Bravo, and A. Matos Pires

Psychiatry Service, Hospital José Joaquim Fernandes, Beja, Portugal

Correspondence should be addressed to M. Duarte Mangas; moc.liamtoh@sagnam_anairam

Received 2 March 2017; Accepted 14 June 2017; Published 13 July 2017

Academic Editor: Michael Kluge

Copyright © 2017 M. Duarte Mangas et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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