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. 2024 May 13;24(3):188-190.
doi: 10.1177/15357597241251709. eCollection 2024 May-Jun.

Attentional Deficits and Absence Epilepsy: A Tale of 2 Interneuronopathies

Juliet Knowles  1
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Attentional Deficits and Absence Epilepsy: A Tale of 2 Interneuronopathies

Juliet Knowles. Epilepsy Curr. .
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