Neurological practice in the Centuriae of Amatus Lusitanus

Brain

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 296-308

  Fontoura, Paulo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Amatus Lusitanus; Centuriae; History of neurology; Jewish physicians; Renaissance

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MELANCHOLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SPINE DISEASE;

EUROPE; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; NEUROLOGY;

EID: 60149099339     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awn327     Document Type: Review

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