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Original

Occurrence of epilepsy during the first 10 years after traumatic brain injury acquired in childhood up to the age of 18 years in the south western Swedish population-based series

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Pages 612-616 | Received 14 Oct 2008, Accepted 15 Apr 2009, Published online: 21 Jul 2009

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