Epileptogenesis in the developing brain

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 427-439

  Wasterlain, Claude G ^a   Gloss, David S ^a   Niquet, Jerome ^a   Wasterlain, Amy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84876782697     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52891-9.00046-4     Document Type: Chapter

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