Temporary replacements for oral epilepsy treatments
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1Department of Dental Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Liège, Quai Godfroid Kurth 45, 4020 Liege, Belgium 2Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon 3Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, 2-11 Suemori-dori, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi-ken 464-8651, Japan 4CITS-Center of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Practical Neurology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1474-7758,1474-7766
DOI: 10.1136/practneurol-2016-001556