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Brain on fire: My Month of Madness

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Cahalan, Susannah
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9781611749793
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display_description 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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subject_facet Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis, Autoimmune diseases -- Patients -- United States -- Biography, Cahalan, Susannah -- Health, Cahalan, Susannah -- Mental health, Diagnostic errors -- United States -- Case studies, Encephalitis, Encephalitis -- Patients -- United States -- Biography, Frontal lobes -- Diseases -- Patients -- United States -- Biography, Limbic system -- Diseases -- Patients -- United States -- Biography
title_display Brain on fire : my month of madness
title_full Brain on Fire My Month of Madness, Brain on fire : my month of madness / Susan Cahalan
title_short Brain on fire :
title_sub My Month of Madness
topic_facet Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis, Autoimmune diseases, Biography & Autobiography, Cahalan, Susannah, Diagnostic errors, Diseases, Encephalitis, Frontal lobes, Health, Limbic system, Medical, Mental health, Nonfiction, Patients
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