Among the 257 pediatric patients examined, 104 were classified as having drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE). In all of them genetic, metabolic, chromosomal and infectious causes were investigated, and brain imaging with computed tomography scans and nuclear magnetic resonance were obtained. Since treatme
Use and abuse of intravenous immunoglobulin
β Scribed by Massoud Mahmoudi; Suzanne S. Teuber; M. Eric Gershwin
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 660 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-8243
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