Was Julius Caesar's epilepsy due to neurocysticercosis?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 373-374

  Bruschi, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUBERCULOSIS; COGNITION; EPILEPSY; GLIOMA; HUMAN; LETTER; MALARIA; MENINGIOMA; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROSYPHILIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TYPHUS;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; ROMAN WORLD; TAENIA;

EID: 80051795197     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2011.06.001     Document Type: Letter

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