Case Reports in Psychiatry
Volume 2017 (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
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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