Brain mechanisms of impaired consciousness in epilepsy

The Neuropsychiatry of Epilepsy, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 209-220

  Cavanna, Andrea Eugenio ^a   Ali, Fizzah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 82955248798     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511977145.018     Document Type: Chapter

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