Complex partial seizures: Going out with a hiccup
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چکیده
James J.P. Alix *, Athi Ponnusamy , Debapriya Bhattacharyya , Nigel Hoggard , Richard A. Grünewald e a Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, University of Sheffield, 385A Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2HQ, UK Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Sheffield, UK Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Sheffield, UK Academic Unit of Radiology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK Department of Neurology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Sheffield, UK
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Seizure
دوره 21 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012