Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6014805 | Epilepsy & Behavior | 2011 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Epilepsy in literature. ⺠Documentation of epilepsy in the life of writer Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839-1908). ⺠19th century Darwin's Theory of Evolution and Lombroso's criminological concepts. ⺠Extension of these concepts to epilepsy. ⺠Stigma as perceived by the greatest Brazilian writer and his contemporaries.
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Authors
Elza Márcia Targas Yacubian, Luis Otávio Sales Ferreira Caboclo,