Dostoevsky's epilepsy: A contemporary "paleodiagnosis"

Seizure

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-285

  Iniesta, Ivan ^a  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dostoevsky; Epilepsy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; LETTER; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EPILEPSY; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LITERATURE, MODERN; MALE; MEDICINE IN LITERATURE; RUSSIA;

EID: 33847364419     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2006.11.003     Document Type: Letter

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