Pediatric epilepsy: A developmental neuropsychiatric disorder

Epilepsy: Mechanisms, Models, and Translational Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 535-549

  Caplan, Rochelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420085594     Document Type: Chapter

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