Sander's disease
Related people
A form of paranoia.
The term paranoia for this condition was coined by Karl Ludwig Kahlbaum (1828-1899).
Bibliography
- W. Sander:
Über eine specielle Form der primären Verrücktheit.
Archiv für Psychiatrie und Nervenkrankheiten, Berlin, 1868-1869, 1: 387-419.
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