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Age-dependent seizure semiology in temporal lobe epilepsy

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  • 1Epilepsy Center, Bethesda Children's Hospital, Budapest, HungaryBethel Epilepsy Center, Bielefeld, GermanyEpilepsy Center, National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Budapest, HungaryDepartment of Neurology, University of Pécs, Pécs, HungaryDepartment of Public Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, and Department of Behavioral Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.

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|May 25, 2007
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