Fyodor Dostoevsky and his falling sickness: A critical analysis of seizure semiology

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 424-430

  Seneviratne, Udaya ^a,b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aura; Dostoevsky; Ecstasy; Epilepsy; Seizures; Semiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

BIOGRAPHY AS TOPIC; EPILEPSY; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; LITERATURE, MODERN; PERSONALITY; RUSSIA (PRE-1917); SEIZURES;

EID: 77955561623     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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