Surgical Therapy of Epilepsy

Neurological Disorders: Course and Treatment: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 235-244

  Noachtar, Soheyl ^a   Winkler, Peter A ^a   Lüders, Hans Otto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012125831-3/50216-1     Document Type: Chapter

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