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  • 1From the Service of Neurology (M.H., J.C.d.C., W.A.M., M.L.N., A.P.), Service of Neurosurgery (E.P.), Porto Alegre Epilepsy Surgery Program (M.H., E.P., J.C.d.C., A.P.), Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Neurology (J.C.d.C., M.L.N., A.P.), Department of Surgery (E.P.), The Brain Institute (InsCer) (J.C.d.C., M.L.N.), Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; and Montreal Neurological Institute (F.D., F.A., A.O.), Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. martahemb@hotmail.com.

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