Pearls and pitfalls in the horror cinema.
Observations on the neurologic signs and symptoms of Count Dracula, Wolfman, and Frankenstein's Monster are presented as viewed by a specialist in neuromuscular disease. Key clinical features of these horror movie figures illustrate a variety of pearls in the diagnosis of a variety of neurologic disorders, including porphyria, lead poisoning, osteosclerotic myeloma, and myasthenia gravis.
Pascuzzi
R M
RM
Department of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202, USA.
D006801:Humans; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D009040:Motion Pictures; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*