Edgar Allan Poe and neurology.

作者信息

Teive Hélio Afonso Ghizoni, Paola Luciano de, Munhoz Renato Puppi

机构信息

Setor de Distúrbios do Movimento, Serviço de Neurologia, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.

Setor de Epilepsia e Eletroencefalografia, Serviço de Neurologia, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.

出版信息

Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2014 Jun;72(6):466-8. doi: 10.1590/0004-282x20140048.

DOI:10.1590/0004-282x20140048

PMID:24964115

Abstract

Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most celebrated writers of all time. He published several masterpieces, some of which include references to neurological diseases. Poe suffered from recurrent depression, suggesting a bipolar disorder, as well as alcohol and drug abuse, which in fact led to his death from complications related to alcoholism. Various hypotheses were put forward, including Wernicke's encephalopathy.

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