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. 1996 May;89(5):245–248. doi: 10.1177/014107689608900503

Does early anti-epileptic drug treatment alter the prognosis for remission of the epilepsies?

M O'Donoghue 1, J W Sander 1
PMCID: PMC1295773  PMID: 8778429

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