Computed tomography in non-specific mental retardation and idiopathic epilepsy.

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Computed tomography in non-specific mental retardation and idiopathic epilepsy.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood

سال: 1983

ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044

DOI: 10.1136/adc.58.8.628