Fou rire prodromique and history of pathological laughter in the XIX th and XXth centuries

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 277-283

  Gondim, F A A ^a,b   Thomas, F P ^a,c   Oliveira, G R ^a   Cruz Flores, S ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; AUTOPSY; BRAIN INJURY; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGICAL CRYING; PATHOLOGICAL LAUGHTER; REVIEW; STROKE; THALAMUS; THEORY;

EID: 1642328817     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-3787(04)70902-9     Document Type: Article

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