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Comparisons can be odious
When I first started working in the field of epilepsy, over 25 years ago, therapeutic options were much more limited than they are today. Surgery had not yet reached an established place in the management of intractable epilepsy and the pharmaceutical industry seemed little interested in producing better drugs for treating the condition with fewer side-effects. By comparison, with the pressure ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Perspectives in Clinical Research
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2229-3485
DOI: 10.4103/2229-3485.140540