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[Mortality from epilepsy in Brazil, 1980-2003]

Israel de Lucena Martins Ferreira1, Tiago Pessoa Tabosa e Silva

  • 1Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, 60430-160. israellucena@secrel.com.br

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