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What Test is Needed to Discontinue Medications after Successful Epilepsy Surgery?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2014

Syed Rizvi
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine and Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Email: jose.tellez@usask.ca
Lizbeth Hernández-Ronquillo
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine and Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Email: jose.tellez@usask.ca
José F. Téllez Zenteno
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine and Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Email: jose.tellez@usask.ca
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Abstract

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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2014

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