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Title: Thalamic epileptic spikes disrupt sleep spindles in patients with epileptic encephalopathy
Award ID(s):
1451384
PAR ID:
10652482
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Oxford University Press
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Brain
Volume:
147
Issue:
8
ISSN:
0006-8950
Page Range / eLocation ID:
2803 to 2816
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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