Concepts and controversies of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: still an enigmatic epilepsy.

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Published in Expert Rev Neurother on June 14, 2014

Authors

Matthias J Koepp1, Rhys H Thomas, Britta Wandschneider, Samuel F Berkovic, Dieter Schmidt

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, University College London - Institute of Neurology, 33 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK.

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