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Chapter 7 - Imaging White Matter Pathology in Epilepsy

from Part II - Modeling Epileptogenic Lesions and Mapping Networks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2019

Andrea Bernasconi
Affiliation:
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University
Neda Bernasconi
Affiliation:
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University
Matthias Koepp
Affiliation:
Institute of Neurology, University College London
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