Focal abnormalities detected by 18FDG PET in epileptic encephalopathies.
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Epileptic Encephalopathies in Children
1 Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, P.O. Box 7897, Riyadh 11159, Saudi Arabia 2 Clinic of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, Medical School, University of Salerno, S.Giovanni e Ruggi Hospital, Largo d’Ippocrate, 84100 Salerno, Italy 3 Divisions of Child and Adolescent Neurology, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street SW No. W4...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.75.2.102