Edwin Bickerstaff

{{Short description|British neurologist}}

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Edwin Robert Bickerstaff (20 November 1920 – 23 November 2007), was a British neurologist. He is best remembered for describing Bickerstaff's encephalitis{{cite journal|last1=Bickerstaff|first1=E.R.|last2=Cloake|first2=P.C.|title=Mesencephalitis and rhombencephalitis.|journal=British Medical Journal|date=14 July 1951|volume=2|issue=4723|pages=77–81|doi=10.1136/bmj.2.4723.77|pmid=14848512|pmc=2069534}}{{cite journal|last1=Bickerstaff|first1=E.R.|title=Brain-stem encephalitis; further observations on a grave syndrome with benign prognosis.|journal=British Medical Journal|date=15 June 1957|volume=1|issue=5032|pages=1384–7|doi=10.1136/bmj.1.5032.1384|pmid=13436795|pmc=1973653}} and a subtype of migraine (basilar migraine) that is sometimes called "Bickerstaff's migraine".