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  1. Pediatric Neurology, Child and Adolescent Department, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland

    Christian M. Korff MD

  2. Epilepsy Center, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA

    Douglas R. Nordli Jr. MD

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  1. Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsies, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, SE1 7EH, UK

    C. P. Panayiotopoulos PhD, FRCP (MD) (MD)

  2. Department of Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK

    C. P. Panayiotopoulos PhD, FRCP (MD) (MD)

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Korff, C.M., Nordli, D.R. (2010). West Syndrome. In: Panayiotopoulos, C.P. (eds) Atlas of Epilepsies. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-128-6_127

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