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Pure Graphogenic Epilepsy - A Rare Form of Reflex Epilepsy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2014

Shaik Afshan Jabeen*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad
A. Haritha Chowdary
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad
K. Rukmini Mridula
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad
Ajith Cherian
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Trivandrum Medical College, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
P. Rakhee Kumar
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad
Saileja Sarva
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad
Chikkam V. V. S. N. Murty
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad
*
Department of Neurology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Punagutta, Hyderabad, India. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2013

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