Antiepileptic drug withdrawal in presurgical evaluation: Advantages, disadvantages, and guidelines

Textbook of Epilepsy Surgery

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 580-587

  Claus, S P ^a   Velis, D N ^b   van Emde Boas, W ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Epilepsy Clinics Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c Epilepsy Institute of the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^d Epilepsy Institutions of the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

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