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Epileptic Seizures and Epilepsy

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MRI in Epilepsy

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Diagn Imaging))

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This chapter introduces the definitions of epileptic seizures, epilepsy, and drug-resistant epilepsy.

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  1. Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Horst Urbach

  2. Ruhr-Epileptology, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Knappschaftskrankenhaus, Bochum, Germany

    Jörg Wellmer

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    Horst Urbach

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Urbach, H., Wellmer, J. (2013). Epileptic Seizures and Epilepsy. In: Urbach, H. (eds) MRI in Epilepsy. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2012_556

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2012_556

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-642-25137-5

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