Surgery for heterotopia: a second look

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Paul A Garcia. Epilepsy Curr. 2005 Sep-Oct.

. 2005 Sep-Oct;5(5):197-9.

doi: 10.1111/j.1535-7511.2005.00063.x.

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Electroclinical, MRI and neuropathological study of 10 patients with nodular heterotopia, with surgical outcomes.
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