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Scott Fitzgerald: famous writer, alcoholism and probable epilepsy.
Wolski, Mariana M; Paola, Luciano de; Teive, Hélio A G.
Affiliation
  • Wolski MM; Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Neurologia, Curitiba PR, Brasil.
  • Paola L; Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Neurologia, Curitiba PR, Brasil.
  • Teive HA; Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Neurologia, Curitiba PR, Brasil.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr ; 75(1): 66-68, 2017 Jan.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28099565
Scott Fitzgerald, a world-renowned American writer, suffered from various health problems, particularly alcohol dependence, and died suddenly at the age of 44. According to descriptions in A Moveable Feast, by Ernest Hemingway, Fitzgerald had episodes resembling complex partial seizures, raising the possibility of temporal lobe epilepsy.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Writing / Alcoholism / Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Famous Persons Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: Arq Neuropsiquiatr Year: 2017 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Country of publication: Germany

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Writing / Alcoholism / Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Famous Persons Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: Arq Neuropsiquiatr Year: 2017 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Country of publication: Germany