Epilepsy and consciousness

The Neurology of Consciousness

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 245-260

  Blumenfeld, Hal ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374168-4.00019-8     Document Type: Chapter

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