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Rasmussen’s encephalitis, should absence of seizures influence or delay treatment?

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  1. Department of Child Neurology & Clinical Neurophysiology, Children’s University Hospital, Temple St., Dublin, Ireland

    K. M. Gorman, C. Madigan, MD King & A. Shahwan

  2. Academic Centre on Rare Diseases, School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    MD King

  3. Department of Neuropathology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

    M. Farrell

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Gorman, K.M., Farrell, M., Madigan, C. et al. Rasmussen’s encephalitis, should absence of seizures influence or delay treatment?. Childs Nerv Syst 31, 2009–2010 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-015-2917-x

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