The metaphysical art of Giorgio de Chirico: Migraine or epilepsy?

European Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 191-194

  Blanke, Olaf ^a   Landis, Theodor ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Art; Epilepsy; Migraine; Neurology; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; METAPHYSICS; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STEREOTYPY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; METAPHYSICS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PAINTINGS;

EID: 0345688731     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073858     Document Type: Article

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