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Unilateral auditory hallucinations – a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Asaf M Khan
Affiliation:
Lea Castle Hospital, Kidderminster, Worcs, DY10 3PP, U.K.
Vallepur H R Krishnan
Affiliation:
Lea Castle Hospital, Kidderminster, Worcs, DY10 3PP, U.K.

Abstract

A case of unilateral auditory hallucinations with endogenous depression is described. Treatment of depression improved the hallucinations. The relationship of lateralisation phenomena with cerebral hemispheric dys-function and peripheral ear disease is discussed.

Type
Clinical & Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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