St. Valentine-patron saint of epilepsy: Illustrating the semiology of seizures over the course of six centuries

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 219-225

  Kluger, Gerhard ^a   Kudernatsch, Verena ^a  

^a Clinic for Neuropaediatrics and Neurological Rehabilitation   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; History; Saint Valentine; Seizure semiology

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ART; ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; CHILD; CROATIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; EPILEPSY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; IRELAND; ITALY; LUXEMBOURG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLAND; RELIGION; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLOVAKIA; SOCIAL STATUS; SWITZERLAND; SYMPTOM; TONIC SEIZURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ART; CHILD; CHRISTIANITY; EPILEPSY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MALE; SEIZURES;

EID: 58149269103     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.09.032     Document Type: Article

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