The epilepsy of the Emperor Theodore II Lascaris (1254-1258)

Lascaratos, J; Zis, PV

dc.contributor.author	Lascaratos, J	en
dc.contributor.author	Zis, PV	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:47:44Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:47:44Z
dc.date.issued	1998	en
dc.identifier.issn	0896-6974	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/25301
dc.subject	Byzantine medicine	en
dc.subject	epilepsy	en
dc.subject	medieval literature	en
dc.subject	Theodore II Lascaris	en
dc.subject.classification	Clinical Neurology	en
dc.title	The epilepsy of the Emperor Theodore II Lascaris (1254-1258)	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	1998	en
heal.abstract	The study of contemporary historic sources affords us a clinical picture of the epilepsy of the Byzantine Emperor, Theodore II Lascaris (1254-1258). It appears that he suffered from an epileptic disorder of rather generalized tonic-clonic type (grand mal), which started to afflict him in all probability before the age of 30 years. Numerous incidents described by many historians of his entourage reveal that he also had serious behavior disorders that the famous Byzantine historian, George Pachymeres, directly attributed to his disease.	en
heal.publisher	ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC	en
heal.journalName	JOURNAL OF EPILEPSY	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000077465000002	en
dc.identifier.volume	11	en
dc.identifier.issue	6	en
dc.identifier.spage	296	en
dc.identifier.epage	300	en