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Kang, H.C., Hwang, Y.S., Kim, D.S., Kim, H.D. (2006). Vagus nerve stimulation in pediatric intractable epilepsy: a Korean bicentric study. In: Chang, J.W., Katayama, Y., Yamamoto, T. (eds) Advances in Functional and Reparative Neurosurgery. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 99. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-35205-2_18
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