Chronic repetitive nonprogressive epilepsia partialis continua due to rheumatoid meningitis
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چکیده
David Krysl *, Josef Zamecnik , Ladislav Senolt , Petr Marusic a Department of Neurology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic c Institute of Rheumatology and 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Seizure
دوره 22 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013