Familial epilepsy in the pharaohs of ancient Egypt's eighteenth dynasty

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-31

  Ashrafian, Hutan ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Akhenaten; Epilepsy; Familial; Lobe; Pharaohs; Religiosity; Temporal; Tutankhamun

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EGYPT; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; PALEOPATHOLOGY;

EID: 84866286275     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.06.014     Document Type: Review

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