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The relationship between Willis-Ekbom disease and serum ferritin levels among children in Northwestern Turkey

Gulistan Halac, Gulsen M. Sezer, Neslihan O. Saglam, Pinar Tekturk, Aysegul D. Demir, Saliha Demir, Faruk Akcay, Aysegul Uslu, Zuhal Yapıcı and Talip Asil
Neurosciences Journal October 2015, 20 (4) 336-340; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2015.4.20150268
Gulistan Halac
From the Departments of Neurology (Halac, Asil), Pediatry (Demir A), Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Demir S), Medical Faculty, Bezmialem Vakıf University, and the Department of Pediatry (Sezer, Akcay, Uslu), Kagıthane State Hospital, and the Department of Pediatry (Saglam), Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Educational and Research Hospital, and from the Division of Child Neurology (Tekturk, Yapıcı), Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Gulsen M. Sezer
From the Departments of Neurology (Halac, Asil), Pediatry (Demir A), Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Demir S), Medical Faculty, Bezmialem Vakıf University, and the Department of Pediatry (Sezer, Akcay, Uslu), Kagıthane State Hospital, and the Department of Pediatry (Saglam), Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Educational and Research Hospital, and from the Division of Child Neurology (Tekturk, Yapıcı), Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Neslihan O. Saglam
From the Departments of Neurology (Halac, Asil), Pediatry (Demir A), Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Demir S), Medical Faculty, Bezmialem Vakıf University, and the Department of Pediatry (Sezer, Akcay, Uslu), Kagıthane State Hospital, and the Department of Pediatry (Saglam), Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Educational and Research Hospital, and from the Division of Child Neurology (Tekturk, Yapıcı), Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Pinar Tekturk
From the Departments of Neurology (Halac, Asil), Pediatry (Demir A), Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Demir S), Medical Faculty, Bezmialem Vakıf University, and the Department of Pediatry (Sezer, Akcay, Uslu), Kagıthane State Hospital, and the Department of Pediatry (Saglam), Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Educational and Research Hospital, and from the Division of Child Neurology (Tekturk, Yapıcı), Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Aysegul D. Demir
From the Departments of Neurology (Halac, Asil), Pediatry (Demir A), Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Demir S), Medical Faculty, Bezmialem Vakıf University, and the Department of Pediatry (Sezer, Akcay, Uslu), Kagıthane State Hospital, and the Department of Pediatry (Saglam), Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Educational and Research Hospital, and from the Division of Child Neurology (Tekturk, Yapıcı), Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Saliha Demir
From the Departments of Neurology (Halac, Asil), Pediatry (Demir A), Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Demir S), Medical Faculty, Bezmialem Vakıf University, and the Department of Pediatry (Sezer, Akcay, Uslu), Kagıthane State Hospital, and the Department of Pediatry (Saglam), Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Educational and Research Hospital, and from the Division of Child Neurology (Tekturk, Yapıcı), Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Faruk Akcay
From the Departments of Neurology (Halac, Asil), Pediatry (Demir A), Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Demir S), Medical Faculty, Bezmialem Vakıf University, and the Department of Pediatry (Sezer, Akcay, Uslu), Kagıthane State Hospital, and the Department of Pediatry (Saglam), Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Educational and Research Hospital, and from the Division of Child Neurology (Tekturk, Yapıcı), Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Aysegul Uslu
From the Departments of Neurology (Halac, Asil), Pediatry (Demir A), Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Demir S), Medical Faculty, Bezmialem Vakıf University, and the Department of Pediatry (Sezer, Akcay, Uslu), Kagıthane State Hospital, and the Department of Pediatry (Saglam), Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Educational and Research Hospital, and from the Division of Child Neurology (Tekturk, Yapıcı), Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Zuhal Yapıcı
From the Departments of Neurology (Halac, Asil), Pediatry (Demir A), Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Demir S), Medical Faculty, Bezmialem Vakıf University, and the Department of Pediatry (Sezer, Akcay, Uslu), Kagıthane State Hospital, and the Department of Pediatry (Saglam), Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Educational and Research Hospital, and from the Division of Child Neurology (Tekturk, Yapıcı), Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Talip Asil
From the Departments of Neurology (Halac, Asil), Pediatry (Demir A), Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Demir S), Medical Faculty, Bezmialem Vakıf University, and the Department of Pediatry (Sezer, Akcay, Uslu), Kagıthane State Hospital, and the Department of Pediatry (Saglam), Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Educational and Research Hospital, and from the Division of Child Neurology (Tekturk, Yapıcı), Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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