Scott Fitzgerald: famous writer, alcoholism and probable epilepsy.
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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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Writing
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Alcoholism
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Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe
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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