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37 - Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the Management of Epilepsy

A Global Perspective

from Section 7 - Non-Pharmacologic Management of Epilepsy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2017

By
Steven C. Schachter  and
Sallie Baxendale
Edited by
Ennapadam S. Krishnamoorthy ,
Simon D. Shorvon  and
Steven C. Schachter
Ennapadam S. Krishnamoorthy
Affiliation:
Institute of Neurological Sciences, Chennai
Simon D. Shorvon
Affiliation:
University College London
Steven C. Schachter
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts
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Epilepsy
A Global Approach
 , pp. 167 - 173
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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