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What Test is Needed to Discontinue Medications after Successful Epilepsy Surgery?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2014

Syed Rizvi ,
Lizbeth Hernández-Ronquillo  and
José F. Téllez Zenteno
Syed Rizvi
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine and Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Email: jose.tellez@usask.ca
Lizbeth Hernández-Ronquillo
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine and Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Email: jose.tellez@usask.ca
José F. Téllez Zenteno
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine and Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Email: jose.tellez@usask.ca
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 41 , Issue 4 , July 2014 , pp. 405 - 406
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