Acta Med. 2013, 56: 36-38

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2014.37

EFFICACY OF TOPIRAMATE AS ADD-ON THERAPY IN TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRESSIVE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY

Caner Feyzi Demira, Hasan Hüseyin Özdemirb, Bülent Müngena

aDepartment of Neurology, Fırat (Euphrates) University, Elazıg, Turkey
bBismil State Hospital, Neurology, Diyarbakır, Turkey

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