Scott Fitzgerald: famous writer, alcoholism and probable epilepsy



Document title: Scott Fitzgerald: famous writer, alcoholism and probable epilepsy
Journal: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000405892
ISSN: 0004-282X
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Universidade Federal do Parana, Hospital de Clinicas, Curitiba, Parana. Brasil
Year:
Season: Ene
Volumen: 75
Number: 1
Pages: 66-68
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Histórico
English abstract 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
Portuguese abstract Scott Fitzgerald, reconhecido escritor americano, mundialmente famoso, apresentou vários problemas de saúde, particularmente a sua dependência ao álcool, tendo morte súbita aos 44 anos de idade. Relatos publicados no livro de Ernest Hemingway “Paris é uma festa” dão conta de que Scott Fitzgerald apresenta prováveis crises parciais complexas, sugerindo a hipótese de epilepsia do lobo temporal
Disciplines: Medicina
Keyword: Neurología,
Fitzgerald, Scott,
Epilepsia,
Alcoholismo
Keyword: Medicine,
Neurology,
Fitzgerald, Scott,
Epilepsy,
Alcoholism
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