Ictal SPECT in Diagnosis of Non-Ketotic Hyperglycemia-Related Seizure Manifesting as Speech Arrest
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Neurology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1738-6586,2005-5013
DOI: 10.3988/jcn.2019.15.2.253