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2024 - More About Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus in Children
2024 - More About Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus in Children
2024 - More About Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus in Children
A R T I C L E I N F O
Keywords
Children
Electroencephalogram
Epilepsy
Epileptiform discharges
Nonconvulsive status epilepticus
Seizure
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2023.12.006
Received 7 December 2023; Received in revised form 9 December 2023; Accepted 12 December 2023
Available online 12 December 2023
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Letter to the Editor Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy 114 (2024) 96–97
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