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Epilepsy surgery in neurofibromatosis type 1: an overlooked therapeutic approach

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  1. Department of Neuroscience, Santobono-Pausilipon Children’s Hospital, Via Mario Fiore, 6, Naples, Italy

    Pia Bernardo, Alfonso Rubino, Giuseppe Mirone & Giuseppe Cinalli

  2. Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

    Pia Bernardo

  3. Referral Centre of Neurofibromatosis, Department of Woman and Child, Specialistic and General Surgery and Clinic of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, “Luigi Vanvitelli” University of Campania, Via Luigi de Crecchio, 2, 80138, Naples, Italy

    Claudia Santoro

  4. Clinic of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, Department of Mental Health, Physical and Preventive Medicine, “Luigi Vanvitelli” University of Campania, Via Luigi de Crecchio, 2, 80138, Naples, Italy

    Claudia Santoro

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Bernardo, P., Santoro, C., Rubino, A. et al. Epilepsy surgery in neurofibromatosis type 1: an overlooked therapeutic approach. Childs Nerv Syst 36, 2909–2910 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-020-04841-x

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