Lacosamide-Induced Excessive Laughing in a Patient with Lennox–Gastaut Syndrome
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Adjunctive use of electroconvulsive therapy in patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and drug-resistant epilepsy: A pilot study
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تاریخ انتشار 2018