Presurgical evaluation in patients with inflammatory lesions: meningitis, encephalitis, and Rasmussen's syndrome

Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 3, Issue C, 2003, Pages 423-440

  Trinka, Eugen ^a  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Neurochirurgie Innsbruck   (Austria)

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EID: 33745034107     PISSN: 15674231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-4231(03)03032-6     Document Type: Review

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