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Original Research

Reduction in apathy following epilepsy surgery

Linda Mah1 Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest, Toronto, Canada;2 Department of Psychiatry, Baycrest Health Sciences, Toronto, Canada;3 Department of Psychiatry, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Joan Swearer4 Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
,
Catherine A Phillips4 Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
&
Sheldon Benjamin5 Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
Pages 1679-1684 | Published online: 28 Jun 2019

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