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. 1961 Aug;24(3):205–212. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.24.3.205

EPILEPSY DUE TO SMALL FOCAL TEMPORAL LESIONS WITH BILATERAL INDEPENDENT SPIKE-DISCHARGING FOCI

A STUDY OF SEVEN CASES RELIEVED BY OPERATION

Murray A Falconer 1,2, Walter A Kennedy 1,2
PMCID: PMC496695  PMID: 13697998

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