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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2017; 75(05): 314-316
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20170041
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Andrew Lees, a visionary mentored by a madman

Andrew Lees, um visionário orientado por um louco
Francisco Cardoso
1   Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Unidade de Distúrbios do Movimento, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Neurologia, Belo Horizonte MG, Brasil.
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ABSTRACT

Andrew Lees, Professor of Neurology at the National Hospital Queen Square (London, UK), has been recognized as the world’s most highly-cited researcher over the 200-year history of Parkinson’s Disease. Although he remains actively involved in the investigation of movement disorders, Prof. Lees embarked on a literary career that started in 2011 with the publication of a social history of his native Liverpool. His last work is Mentored by a Madman: The William Burroughs Experiment, which is reviewed here.

RESUMO

Andrew Lees, Professor Titular de Neurologia no National Hospital Queen Square (Londres, Reino Unido), é reconhecido como o mais citado pesquisador em 200 anos de história de doença de Parkinson. Embora permaneça ativamente envolvido em investigação em distúrbios do movimento, o Prof. Lees iniciou carreira literária em 2011 com a publicação de uma história social de sua native Liverpool. Seu último trabalho nesta área é Mentored by a Madman. The William Burroughs Experiment que revisado neste artigo.

Andrew Lees - William Burroughs - Gerald Stern - William Gooddy - Marcel Proust
Andrew Lees - William Burroughs - Gerald Stern - William Gooddy - Marcel Proust


Publication History

Received: 11 September 2016

Accepted: 03 February 2017

Article published online:
05 September 2023

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