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May 2024
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Unrecognized Focal Non-Motor Seizures in...

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY
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Dr. Halley Alexander talks with Drs. Jacqueline French and Nora Jandhyala about investigating ED recognition of motor vs. non-motor seizures and its effect on the management and treatment of focal epilepsy in adolescents.

Read the related article in Neurology.

Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.

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