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Intractable epilepsy and mild brain injury: incidence, pathology and surgical outcome

Bahman Jabbari Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, USA Department of Neuropathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC, USA
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Olga Prokhorenko Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, USA Department of Neuropathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC, USA
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Kaveh Khajavi Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, USA Department of Neuropathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC, USA
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Hernando Mena Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, USA Department of Neuropathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC, USA
Pages 463-467 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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