Charcot and Brazil
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Charcot and Brazil.
OBJECTIVE To describe the relationship between Professor Charcot and Brazil. BACKGROUND During the XIX century, French Neurology and its most prominent figure, Professor Charcot, dominated the area of nervous system diseases in the world. METHOD We have reviewed some of the main publications about Charcot's life, the biography of Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil and the development of Neurol...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2001000200032