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Wilder Penfield and Herbert Jasper: Epilepsy and the Functional Anatomy of the Human Brain

G Bryan Young1, Richard S McLachlan1, Shashi S Seshia2

  • 1Division of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University, London, ON, Canada.

The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. Le Journal Canadien Des Sciences Neurologiques
|December 12, 2024
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Keywords:
Cerebral localizationMontreal schoolepilepsyepilepsy surgery

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