The adenosine kinase hypothesis of epileptogenesis
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Adenosine dysfunction and adenosine kinase in epileptogenesis.
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عنوان ژورنال: Progress in Neurobiology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0301-0082
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2007.12.002