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Edwin Bickerstaff

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Edwin Robert Bickerstaff (20 November 1920 – 23 November 2008), was a British neurologist. He is best remembered for describing Bickerstaff's encephalitis[1][2] and a subtype of migraine (basilar migraine) that is sometimes called "Bickerstaff's migraine".

References

  1. ^ Bickerstaff, E.R.; Cloake, P.C. (14 July 1951). "Mesencephalitis and rhombencephalitis". British Medical Journal. 2 (4723): 77–81. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.4723.77. PMC 2069534. PMID 14848512.
  2. ^ Bickerstaff, E.R. (15 June 1957). "Brain-stem encephalitis; further observations on a grave syndrome with benign prognosis". British Medical Journal. 1 (5032): 1384–7. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.5032.1384. PMC 1973653. PMID 13436795.

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