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Section 2 - The Spectrum of Epilepsies Involving the Insula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2022

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Jean Isnard  and
Philippe Kahane
Dang Nguyen
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Université de Montréal
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Claude Bernard University Lyon
Philippe Kahane
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Grenoble-Alpes University Hospital
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Insular Epilepsies , pp. 67 - 140
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