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Cognitive Deterioration in Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome and Doose Epilepsy

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Neuropsychology of Childhood Epilepsy

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Kieffer-Renaux, V., Kaminska, A., Dulac, O. (2001). Cognitive Deterioration in Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome and Doose Epilepsy. In: Jambaqué, I., Lassonde, M., Dulac, O. (eds) Neuropsychology of Childhood Epilepsy. Advances in Behavioral Biology, vol 50. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47612-6_20

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