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1 Sleep Medicine Center, IRCCS Neuromed Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, Pozzilli, Italy.
2 Neurology Clinic, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia-S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia, Italy.
3 Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
4 Oxford Epilepsy Research Group, National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre, Nueld Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom.
5 Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
1 Sleep Medicine Center, IRCCS Neuromed Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, Pozzilli, Italy.
2 Neurology Clinic, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia-S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia, Italy.
3 Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
4 Oxford Epilepsy Research Group, National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre, Nueld Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom.
5 Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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Editorial on the Research Topic Epilepsy in older adults: From physiopathology to improvements in diagnosis and management
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