Brain on fire : my month of madness
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Adult Nonfiction - South Wing Main Floor | 616.832 C1191 | Checked Out | May 7, 2024 |
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Book
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xii, 264 pages : illustrations
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English
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An account of the author's struggle with a rare brain-attacking autoimmune disease traces how she woke up in a hospital room with no memory of baffling psychotic symptoms, describing the last-minute intervention by a doctor who identified the source of her illness.
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Autoimmune diseases -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Autoimmune diseases -- Patients.
Cahalan, Susannah -- Health.
Cahalan, Susannah -- Mental health.
Diagnostic errors -- United States -- Case studies.
Diagnostic errors.
Encephalitis -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Encephalitis -- Patients.
Frontal lobes -- Diseases -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Frontal lobes -- Diseases -- Patients.
Limbic system -- Diseases -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Limbic system -- Diseases -- Patients.
Autoimmune diseases -- Patients.
Cahalan, Susannah -- Health.
Cahalan, Susannah -- Mental health.
Diagnostic errors -- United States -- Case studies.
Diagnostic errors.
Encephalitis -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Encephalitis -- Patients.
Frontal lobes -- Diseases -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Frontal lobes -- Diseases -- Patients.
Limbic system -- Diseases -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Limbic system -- Diseases -- Patients.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Cahalan, S. (2012). Brain on fire: my month of madness . Free Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cahalan, Susannah. 2012. Brain On Fire: My Month of Madness. Free Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cahalan, Susannah. Brain On Fire: My Month of Madness Free Press, 2012.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Cahalan, Susannah. Brain On Fire: My Month of Madness Free Press, 2012.
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