Explaining the Unexplained; Expecting the Unexpected: Where Are We with Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy?: Explaining the Unexplained; Expecting the Unexpected

Epilepsy Currents

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 45-49

  Donner, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

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EID: 84860415708     PISSN: 15357597     EISSN: 15357511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5698/1535-7511-11.2.45     Document Type: Review

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