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. 2004 Nov-Dec;4(6):231-2.
doi: 10.1111/j.1535-7597.2004.46006.x.

Deep brain stimulation for intractable epilepsy: which target and for which seizures?

Andres M Kanner

Deep brain stimulation for intractable epilepsy: which target and for which seizures?

Andres M Kanner. Epilepsy Curr. 2004 Nov-Dec.
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