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Mar 2024
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Effectiveness of Seizure Dogs

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY
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Dr. Halley Alexander and Dr. Valérie van Hezik-Wester discuss whether people living with severe medically refractory epilepsy (PSRE) benefit from a seizure dog.

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https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209178

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