title: Pearls and pitfalls in the horror cinema.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202, USA.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Pascuzzi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D009040:Motion Pictures; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*