Clinical Features and the Role of Video-EEG Monitoring

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Chapter 4 - Clinical Features and the Role of Video-EEG Monitoring

from Section 1 - Recognition, Diagnosis, and Impact of Nonepileptic Seizures

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 May 2018

Selim R. Benbadis and

W. Curt LaFrance

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W. Curt LaFrance, Jr and

Steven C. Schachter

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W. Curt LaFrance, Jr: Affiliation:
Brown Medical School, Providence
Steven C. Schachter: Affiliation:
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston

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