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4 - Infectious Causes of Epilepsy

Cerebral Malaria in Africa

from Section 2 - Infective Causes of Epilepsy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2017

By
Patrick Adjei
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. 22 - 24
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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