Dictator Perpetuus: Julius Caesar - Did he have seizures? If so, what was the etiology?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 756-764

  Hughes, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Britannicus; Caesar; Caligula; Cesarean; Complex partial; Epilepsy; Etiology; Inheritance; Seizure; Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GOVERNMENT; HEAD INJURY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; ITALY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MILITARY SERVICE; NORTH AFRICA; ONSET AGE; RELATIVE; SPAIN; SUDDEN DEATH; SYPHILIS; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC FIGURE; SEIZURE;

ADULT; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CESAREAN SECTION; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SEIZURES; SYPHILIS;

EID: 15344339322     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2004.05.006     Document Type: Article

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