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Chapter 20 - Tracking Epilepsy Disease Progression with Neuroimaging

from Part IV - Mapping Consequences of the Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2019

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Boris C. Bernhardt ,
Ana Carolina Coan ,
Lorenzo Caciagli ,
Andrea Bernasconi  and
Neda Bernasconi
Edited by
Andrea Bernasconi ,
Neda Bernasconi  and
Matthias Koepp
Andrea Bernasconi
Affiliation:
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University
Neda Bernasconi
Affiliation:
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University
Matthias Koepp
Affiliation:
Institute of Neurology, University College London
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Imaging Biomarkers in Epilepsy , pp. 217 - 228
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Print publication year: 2019

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