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Seizures in autoimmune-associated epilepsy: a long-term video-EEG monitoring study

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The corresponding author had access to all data reported in the study. The anonymised data are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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This work was supported by the Italian Ministry of Health (Ricerca Corrente) and “Paolo Zorzi” Association for Neurosciences.

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  1. Neurology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António, Porto, Portugal

    Joana Fonte

  2. Epilepsy Unit, Foundation IRCCS Carlo Besta Neurological Institute, Milan, Italy

    Joana Fonte, Andrea Stabile, Marco de Curtis, Roberta Di Giacomo, Chiara Pastori, Giuseppe Didato & Francesco Deleo

  3. Neuroimmunology and Neuromuscular Disease Unit, Foundation IRCCS Carlo Besta Neurological Institute, Milan, Italy

    Francesca Andreetta

  4. Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Angelo Del Sole

  5. Neuroradiology Unit, Foundation IRCCS Carlo Besta Neurological Institute, Milan, Italy

    Fabio Doniselli

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Joana Fonte, Andrea Stabile and Francesco Deleo contribute to the conception and the design of the study. Andrea Stabile, Marco de Curtis, Roberta di Giacomo, Chiara Pastori, Giuseppe Didato, Francesca Andreetta, Angelo Del Sole, Fabio Doniselli and Francesco Deleo performed data collection. Joana Fonte, Andrea Stabile and Francesco Deleo analysed the data. Joana Fonte, Andrea Stabile and Francesco Deleo wrote the manuscript. All the authors revised the manuscript.

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Fonte, J., Stabile, A., de Curtis, M. et al. Seizures in autoimmune-associated epilepsy: a long-term video-EEG monitoring study. J Neurol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-024-12385-2

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