Segregation analysis in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal atrophy
Rodrigo Secolin, Claudia Maurer-Morelli, Fernando Cendes,
Iscia Lopes-Cendes,
Fernando Cendes
Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorRodrigo Secolin, Claudia Maurer-Morelli, Fernando Cendes,
Iscia Lopes-Cendes,
Fernando Cendes
Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorAddress correspondence to Iscia Lopes-Cendes, MD, PhD, Department of Medical Genetics, FCM – UNICAMP, Tessália Vieira de Camargo, 126, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, 13084-971 Campinas, SP, Brazil. E-mail: [email protected]
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