Did all those famous people really have epilepsy?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-139

  Hughes, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attack; Convulsion; Drug withdrawal; Epilepsy; Famous persons; Fit; Psychogenic; Seizure; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

AGITATION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANAMNESIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EPILEPSY; FEAR; HUMAN; INFANT DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVOUSNESS; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EPILEPSY; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 13844256320     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2004.11.011     Document Type: Review

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