title: Scott Fitzgerald: famous writer, alcoholism and probable epilepsy.
abstract: Scott Fitzgerald, a world-renowned American writer, suffered from various health problems, particularly alcohol dependence, and died suddenly at the age of 44. According to descriptions in A Moveable Feast, by Ernest Hemingway, Fitzgerald had episodes resembling complex partial seizures, raising the possibility of temporal lobe epilepsy.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Neurologia, Curitiba PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Mariana M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Wolski
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Neurologia, Curitiba PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Luciano de
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Paola
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Neurologia, Curitiba PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Hélio A G
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Teive
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000266:history*; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000266:history*; D005197:Famous Persons; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D014481:United States; D014956:Writing / Q000266:history*