Autopsy findings of a patient with acute encephalitis and refractory, repetitive partial seizures
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Chikako Ogawa *, Jun Natsume , Hiroyuki Yamamoto , Naoko Ishihara , Atsushi Tashiro , Hiroyuki Kidokoro , Tamiko Negoro , Mari Yoshida , Kazuyoshi Watanabe a Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan Department of Pediatrics, Social Insurance Chukyo Hospital, Nagoya, Japan Department of Neuropathology, Institute for Medical Science of Aging, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Seizure
دوره 35 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016