Julius Caesar's late onset epilepsy: A case of historic proportions

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 557-561

  McLachlan, Richard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; CONVULSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

EID: 77957604750     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100010696     Document Type: Review

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