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Burd S.G.

Federal Center of Brain and Neurotechnologies;
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University

Bogolepova A.N.

Federal Center of Brain Research and Neurotechnologies of the Federal Medical Biological Agency;
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University

Lebedeva A.V.

Federal Center of Brain Research and Neurotechnologies;
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University

Rubleva Yu.V.

Federal Center of Brain Research and Neurotechnologies

Kovalenko E.A.

Federal Center of Brain Research and Neurotechnologies;
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University

Makhnovich E.V.

Federal Center for Brain and Neurotechnologies;
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University

Osinovskaya N.A.

Federal Center of Brain Research and Neurotechnologies

Gileva E.A.

Federal Center for Brain and Neurotechnologies

Pantina N.V.

Federal Center of Brain Research and Neurotechnologies

Kovaleva I.I.

Federal Center of Brain Research and Neurotechnologies

Efimenko A.P.

Federal Center of Brain Research and Neurotechnologies

Bokitko T.A.

Federal Center of Brain and Neurotechnologies

Alekseeva G.A.

Federal Center of Brain Research and Neurotechnologies

Epileptic seizures in patients with Alzheimer’s disease

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Burd S.G., Bogolepova A.N., Lebedeva A.V., Rubleva Yu.V., Kovalenko E.A., Makhnovich E.V., Osinovskaya N.A., Gileva E.A., Pantina N.V., Kovaleva I.I., Efimenko A.P., Bokitko T.A., Alekseeva G.A.

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Burd SG, Bogolepova AN, Lebedeva AV, et al. Epileptic seizures in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2025;125(11):36‑43. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/jnevro202512511136

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