Seho Lee, Hayom Kim, Jin Hyung Kim, Mingyeong So, Jung Bin Kim, Dong-Joo Kim
Heart rate variability as a preictal marker for determining the laterality of seizure onset zone in frontal lobe epilepsy
Frontiers in neuroscience
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