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Babylonian knowledge about temporal lobe epilepsy: distinguishing mesial from lateral forms

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Francesco Fortunato, Angelo Labate, and Antonio Gambardella contributed to the study conception and design. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Francesco Fortunato. All authors revised, read, and approved the final manuscript.

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Fortunato, F., Labate, A. & Gambardella, A. Babylonian knowledge about temporal lobe epilepsy: distinguishing mesial from lateral forms. Neurol Sci 43, 6149–6150 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-022-06243-0

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