A reappraisal of the possible seizures of Vincent van Gogh

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 504-510

  Hughes, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Absinthe; Alcohol; Borderline personality disorder; Depression; Epilepsy; Fainting; Fit; Fits; Hypomania; Seizure; Starvation

Indexed keywords

DIGITALIS; LEAD;

ABSINTHE; ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTS AND ILLUSTRATION; BORDERLINE STATE; CAREER; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEPRESSION; DIGITALIS INTOXICATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; FAMILY LIFE; FRANCE; GESCHWIND SYNDROME; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; LEAD POISONING; MALNUTRITION; MENIERE DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIXED ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION; PAINTER; PARANOIA; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOPATHY; RELIGION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STARVATION; SUICIDE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADULT; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEIZURES;

EID: 18744387457     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2005.02.014     Document Type: Review

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