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Comment on: “Steps to Improve Precision Medicine in Epilepsy”: Are we all Agreed on the Definition?

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  1. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Neonatal Accompaniment Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico “Podolico-San Marco”, San Marco Hospital, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

    Raffaele Falsaperla

  2. Unit of Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico, “Rodolico-San Marco”, San Marco Hospital, Catania, Italy

    Raffaele Falsaperla, Vincenzo Sortino & Giovanna Vitaliti

  3. Unit of Clinical Pediatrics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, AOU “Policlinico”, PO “G. Rodolico”, Via S. Sofia, 78, 95124, Catania, Italy

    Martino Ruggieri

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Falsaperla, R., Sortino, V., Vitaliti, G. et al. Comment on: “Steps to Improve Precision Medicine in Epilepsy”: Are we all Agreed on the Definition?. Mol Diagn Ther 28, 129–130 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40291-023-00688-5

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