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Symptomatic epileptic spasms in clusters without hypsarrhythmia: surgical management of two cases

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  1. Neurology Department, Hospital de Pediatría “Prof. Dr. Juan P Garrahan”, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Combate de los Pozos 1881, 1245, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Roberto Horacio Caraballo, Santiago Flesler, Daniel Noli, Alejandra Soraru & Ricardo Cersósimo

  2. Neurosurgery Department, Hospital de Pediatría “Prof. Dr. Juan P Garrahan”, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Combate de los Pozos 1881, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Marcelo Bartuluchi

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Caraballo, R.H., Flesler, S., Noli, D. et al. Symptomatic epileptic spasms in clusters without hypsarrhythmia: surgical management of two cases. Childs Nerv Syst 29, 145–148 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-012-1865-y

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