title: [Acute intermittent porphyria: a new hypothesis to explain Jean-Jacques Rousseau's urinary disorders].
abstract: We present the main diagnosis concerning Rousseau's, with an emphasis on his urologic disorders.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Histoire de la Médecine, Faculté de Médecine de l'Université d'Ioannina, Grèce.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Androutsos
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Geroulanos
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D005197:Famous Persons; D005602:France; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010684:Philosophy / Q000266:history*; D011164:Porphyrias / Q000150:complications / Q000266:history*; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: La porphyrie aigüe intermittente: une nouvelle hypothèse pour expliquer les troubles urinaires de Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1788).