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MR Imaging in the Presurgical Workup of Patients with Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
Horst Urbach, Jörg Hattingen, Joachim von Oertzen, Cordelia Luyken, Hans Clusmann, Thomas Kral, Martin Kurthen, Johannes Schramm, Ingmar Blümcke and Hans H. Schild
American Journal of Neuroradiology June 2004, 25 (6) 919-926;
Horst Urbach
Jörg Hattingen
Joachim von Oertzen
Cordelia Luyken
Hans Clusmann
Thomas Kral
Martin Kurthen
Johannes Schramm
Ingmar Blümcke

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Horst Urbach, Jörg Hattingen, Joachim von Oertzen, Cordelia Luyken, Hans Clusmann, Thomas Kral, Martin Kurthen, Johannes Schramm, Ingmar Blümcke, Hans H. Schild
MR Imaging in the Presurgical Workup of Patients with Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
American Journal of Neuroradiology Jun 2004, 25 (6) 919-926;
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