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ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPER

Cognitive impairment profile differences in patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures and epilepsy patients with generalized seizures

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Pages 179-188 | Received 17 Jun 2019, Accepted 28 Dec 2019, Published online: 23 Jan 2020

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