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Theme: Epilepsy - Review

Etiologies of epilepsy: a comprehensive review

Devender Bhalla Université de Limoges; IFR 145 GEIST; Institut de Neurologie Tropicale; EA 3174 NeuroEpidémiologie Tropicale et Comparée, Limoges, F-87025, France; Institut d’Epidémiologie Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropicale, Faculté de Médecine, 2 rue du Docteur Marcland, 87025, Limoges Cedex, France; Université de Limoges; IFR 145 GEIST; Institut de Neurologie Tropicale; EA 3174 NeuroEpidémiologie Tropicale et Comparée, Limoges, F-87025, France; Institut d’Epidémiologie Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropicale, Faculté de Médecine, 2 rue du Docteur Marcland, 87025, Limoges Cedex, France
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Bertrand Godet Université de Limoges; IFR 145 GEIST; Institut de Neurologie Tropicale; EA 3174 NeuroEpidémiologie Tropicale et Comparée, Limoges, F-87025, France; Institut d’Epidémiologie Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropicale, Faculté de Médecine, 2 rue du Docteur Marcland, 87025, Limoges Cedex, France; Université de Limoges; IFR 145 GEIST; Institut de Neurologie Tropicale; EA 3174 NeuroEpidémiologie Tropicale et Comparée, Limoges, F-87025, France; Institut d’Epidémiologie Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropicale, Faculté de Médecine, 2 rue du Docteur Marcland, 87025, Limoges Cedex, France
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Michel Druet-Cabanac Université de Limoges; IFR 145 GEIST; Institut de Neurologie Tropicale; EA 3174 NeuroEpidémiologie Tropicale et Comparée, Limoges, F-87025, France; Institut d’Epidémiologie Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropicale, Faculté de Médecine, 2 rue du Docteur Marcland, 87025, Limoges Cedex, France; Université de Limoges; IFR 145 GEIST; Institut de Neurologie Tropicale; EA 3174 NeuroEpidémiologie Tropicale et Comparée, Limoges, F-87025, France; Institut d’Epidémiologie Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropicale, Faculté de Médecine, 2 rue du Docteur Marcland, 87025, Limoges Cedex, France
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Pierre-Marie Preux Université de Limoges; IFR 145 GEIST; Institut de Neurologie Tropicale; EA 3174 NeuroEpidémiologie Tropicale et Comparée, Limoges, F-87025, France; Institut d’Epidémiologie Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropicale, Faculté de Médecine, 2 rue du Docteur Marcland, 87025, Limoges Cedex, France;[email protected]
Pages 861-876 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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