Do Patients With Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and Cognitive Decline Have Alzheimer's Disease or Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)?

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William B Barr. Epilepsy Curr. 2017 Mar-Apr.

. 2017 Mar-Apr;17(2):96-98.

doi: 10.5698/1535-7511.17.2.96.

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Hyperphosphorylated tau in patients with refractory epilepsy correlates with cognitive decline: a study of temporal lobe resections.
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