First unprovoked seizure: clinical and electrographic aspects
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Risk of seizure recurrences after first unprovoked seizure during childhood.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1676-2649
DOI: 10.1590/s1676-26492006000300004