Epilepsy in 2013: Progress across the spectrum of epilepsy research

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 63-64

  Jensen, Frances E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSANTS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EPILEPSY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 84893878217     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2013.277     Document Type: Review

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