Dental health and epilepsy: Important but too often ignored

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Ibnosina Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 2020; 12(02): 139-140
DOI: 10.4103/ijmbs.ijmbs_29_20

Letter to Editor

Authors

Jamir Rissardo

¹Department of Medicine, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Ana Caprara

¹Department of Medicine, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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