Landau-Kleffner syndrome: A rare childhood epileptic aphasia

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 167-179

  Metz Lutz, Marie Noëlle ^a   Seegmuller, Caroline ^a   Kleitz, Catherine ^a   De Saint Martin, Anne ^a   Hirsch, Edouard ^a   Marescaux, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

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EID: 0001314368     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0911-6044(99)00013-5     Document Type: Article

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