Premature mortality in refractory partial epilepsy: does surgical treatment make a difference?

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Published in J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry on May 16, 2010

Authors

G S Bell1, S Sinha, J de Tisi, C Stephani, C A Scott, W F Harkness, A W McEvoy, J L Peacock, M C Walker, S J Smith, J S Duncan, J W Sander

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical & Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Institute of Neurology and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

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