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Long-term prognosis in intractable epilepsy: Looking beyond a year

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Bazil, C.W. Long-term prognosis in intractable epilepsy: Looking beyond a year. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 7, 313–314 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11910-007-0047-x

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