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An Eponymic Badge of Ignorance

William M. Landau, MD

Arch Neurol. 1992;49(4):353.

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The six new cases and review of the literature concerning "acquired aphasia with convulsive disorder" by Paquier et al¹ constitute a useful benchmark in the 3.5-decade history of this clinical phenomenon.^2,3 From the personal perspective of attaining three score and seven and the condition of Status Eponymicus, I can find no basis for ego gratification. The new observation of continuing paroxysmal electroencephalographic activity during sleep in some patients complies with our early suggestion² that "persistent convulsive discharge in brain tissue largely concerned with linguistic . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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St Louis, Mo

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