Mary Shelley’s migraines and fatal stroke: some observations on their primary cause

In this article the origins of Mary Shelley’s neurological and cerebrovascular problems are described. Through a reanalysis of her biography, her early health issues caused by a dermatological condition, potentially eczema, psoriasis or chickenpox, are related, thanks to current biomedical knowledge...

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Autores principales: Galassi, Francesco M., Varotto, Elena, Nerlich, Andreas, Bianucci, Raffaella
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mattioli 1885 2022
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Medical Humanities
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8972846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35315391
http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v93i1.12258
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description In this article the origins of Mary Shelley’s neurological and cerebrovascular problems are described. Through a reanalysis of her biography, her early health issues caused by a dermatological condition, potentially eczema, psoriasis or chickenpox, are related, thanks to current biomedical knowledge, to her migraines and strokes, including the one that killed her. (www.actabiomedica.it)
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spelling pubmed-89728462022-04-15 Mary Shelley’s migraines and fatal stroke: some observations on their primary cause Galassi, Francesco M. Varotto, Elena Nerlich, Andreas Bianucci, Raffaella Acta Biomed Medical Humanities In this article the origins of Mary Shelley’s neurological and cerebrovascular problems are described. Through a reanalysis of her biography, her early health issues caused by a dermatological condition, potentially eczema, psoriasis or chickenpox, are related, thanks to current biomedical knowledge, to her migraines and strokes, including the one that killed her. (www.actabiomedica.it) Mattioli 1885 2022 2022-03-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8972846/ /pubmed/35315391 http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v93i1.12258 Text en Copyright: © 2021 ACTA BIO MEDICA SOCIETY OF MEDICINE AND NATURAL SCIENCES OF PARMA https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Mary Shelley’s migraines and fatal stroke: some observations on their primary cause
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title_sort mary shelley’s migraines and fatal stroke: some observations on their primary cause
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8972846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35315391
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