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A Brief History of Epilepsy

Prevelance and Forms of Epilepsy

Treatment of Epilepsy

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References

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Delgado-Escueta, A., Wilson, W., Olsen, R. Porter, R. 1999. New Waves of Research in the Epilepsies: Crossing into the Third Millennium.  Advances in Neurology 79,  3-73.

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