Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume 48, Issue 1 , Pages 58-72 , January 2003

Complex Visual Hallucinations in the Visually Impaired: The Charles Bonnet Syndrome

  • G.Jayakrishna Menon, FRCS, FRCOphth

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint address: G.J. Menon, Specialist Registrar, Royal Eye Infirmary, Apsley Road, Plymouth, PL4 6 PL, United Kingdom
    • Royal Eye Infirmary, Plymouth, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Imran Rahman, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Royal Eye Infirmary, Plymouth, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Sharmila J Menon, MBBS, MBA

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    • Department of Psychiatry, Mount Gould Hospital, Plymouth, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Gordon N Dutton, MD, FRCOphth

      Affiliations

    • Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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