Alice In Wonderland Syndrome Research Paper

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The topic I chose was diseases and the disease I chose was Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS). The Alice in Wonderland Syndrome is a rare neurological that distorts visual perspective, the experience of time, and the body schema. The AIWS mostly affects adults and elderly patients. The AIWS symptoms have both therapeutic and diagnostic consequences that differ from those in spectrum disorders, Schizophrenia, and other hallucinogenic syndromes. The AIWS can also cause partial body macrosomatognosia or total body macrosomatognosia. In clinical cases of AIWS, auxiliary investigations including EEG, blood tests, and brain MRI are strongly advised.

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