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A Study on the Factors Responsible for Chronicity of Intractable Epilepsy with Complex Partial Seizures–A Statistical Study
Tadashi Ohtaka M.D.,
Matue Miyasaka M.D.,
Corresponding Author
Tadashi Ohtaka M.D.
Department of Psychiatry, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi Prefecture
Department of Psychiatry, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, 880 Oaza Kita-kobayashi, Mibu-machi, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi Prefecture 321–02, Japan.Search for more papers by this authorMatue Miyasaka M.D.
Department of Psychiatry, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi Prefecture
Search for more papers by this authorTadashi Ohtaka M.D.,
Matue Miyasaka M.D.,
Corresponding Author
Tadashi Ohtaka M.D.
Department of Psychiatry, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi Prefecture
Department of Psychiatry, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, 880 Oaza Kita-kobayashi, Mibu-machi, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi Prefecture 321–02, Japan.Search for more papers by this authorMatue Miyasaka M.D.
Department of Psychiatry, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi Prefecture
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: September 1987
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