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Chapter 22 - Epilepsy

from Section 4 - Special topics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2016

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Frank M. C. Besag
Edited by
Colin Hemmings  and
Nick Bouras
Colin Hemmings
Affiliation:
Albion Place Medical Centre
Nick Bouras
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
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Psychiatric and Behavioral Disorders in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities , pp. 242 - 251
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Print publication year: 2016

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  • Epilepsy
  • Edited by Colin Hemmings, Nick Bouras, Institute of Psychiatry, London
  • Book: Psychiatric and Behavioral Disorders in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
  • Online publication: 05 March 2016
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107588714.023
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