Idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 289-296

  Perez Velasquez, Jose Luis ^a   Bertram, Edward H ^b   Carter Snead, O ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088592-3/50030-X     Document Type: Chapter

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