Cognitive Problems in Epilepsy: Are Interictal Epileptiform Discharges to Blame?

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Adriana Bermeo-Ovalle. Epilepsy Curr. 2018 Jan-Feb.

. 2018 Jan-Feb;18(1):31-32.

doi: 10.5698/1535-7597.18.1.31.

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Interictal epileptiform activity outside the seizure onset zone impacts cognition.
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