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Prolonged Postictal Suppression: A Potential Marker for Higher Risk of SUDEP, a Clue to Mechanism, or Both?

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Bazil, C.W. Prolonged Postictal Suppression: A Potential Marker for Higher Risk of SUDEP, a Clue to Mechanism, or Both?. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 11, 349–350 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11910-011-0208-9

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