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Excellent response to levetiracetam in epilepsy with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome

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  1. Department of Pediatric Neurology, Ankara Pediatric & Pediatric Hematology Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Dıskapı/Ankara, 06110, Turkey

    Zeynep Selen Karalok & Esra Gurkas

  2. Department of Pediatric Neurology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

    Ebru Petek Arhan

  3. Ankara Etlik Zübeyde Hanım Maternity and Women’s Health Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

    Kadri Murat Erdogan

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Karalok, Z.S., Arhan, E.P., Erdogan, K.M. et al. Excellent response to levetiracetam in epilepsy with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome. Childs Nerv Syst 32, 9–11 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-015-2967-0

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