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Gender differences in epilepsy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Snježana Miškov
Snježana Miškov*
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University Department of Neurology, Sestre milolsrdnice University Hospital Vinogradska 29, Zagreb, Croatia
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Joint Meeting of the Pula Congress with Alps-Adria Neuroscience Section: Gender Differences in Neurologic and Psychiatric Disorders
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Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 21 , Issue S2: Special Issue: Abstracts of 49th Neuropsychiatric Pula Congress, 17-20 June 2009, Pula, Croatia , June 2009 , pp. 41 - 44
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Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons A/S

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