An unusual behavioural and motor paroxysmal disorder caused by insulinoma-related hypoglycemia: A possible cause of epilepsy misdiagnosis
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Francesco Deleo , Sara Matricardi , Giuseppe Didato , Nicola Montano , Vadym Gnatkovsky , Luigi Michele Romito , Giorgio Battaglia , Roberto Spreafico , Flavio Villani * Clinical Epileptology and Experimental Neurophysiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Neurologico ‘C. Besta’, Milan, Italy Department of Pediatric Neuroscience, Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Neurologico ’C. Besta’, Milan, Italy Department of Pediatrics, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy Department of Clinical Sciences, Internal Medicine II, L. Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, Ospedale L. Sacco, Milan, Italy e Experimental Neurophysiology and Epileptology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Neurologico ‘C. Besta’, Milan, Italy Movement Disorders Unit, Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Neurologico ‘C. Besta’, Milan, Italy Molecular Neuroanatomy and Pathogenesis Unit, Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Neurologico ‘C. Besta’, Milan, Italy
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Seizure
دوره 23 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014