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Magnetoencephalography in Children with Landau-Kleffner Syndrome and Acquired Epileptic Aphasia

David F. Sobel, Maung Aung, Hiroshi Otsubo and Michael C. Smith
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2000, 21 (2) 301-307;
David F. Sobel
aFrom the Divisions of Neuroradiology (D.F.S.) and Neurology (M.A.), Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA; the Division of Neurology (H.O.), The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; and the Epilepsy Center (M.C.S.), Department of Neurological Science, Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
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Maung Aung
aFrom the Divisions of Neuroradiology (D.F.S.) and Neurology (M.A.), Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA; the Division of Neurology (H.O.), The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; and the Epilepsy Center (M.C.S.), Department of Neurological Science, Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
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Hiroshi Otsubo
aFrom the Divisions of Neuroradiology (D.F.S.) and Neurology (M.A.), Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA; the Division of Neurology (H.O.), The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; and the Epilepsy Center (M.C.S.), Department of Neurological Science, Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
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Michael C. Smith
aFrom the Divisions of Neuroradiology (D.F.S.) and Neurology (M.A.), Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA; the Division of Neurology (H.O.), The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; and the Epilepsy Center (M.C.S.), Department of Neurological Science, Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
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David F. Sobel, Maung Aung, Hiroshi Otsubo, Michael C. Smith
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