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Depression and anxiety among parents of phenylketonuria children

Mehmet Gunduz, Nur Arslan, Ozlem Unal, Sevim Cakar, Pınar Kuyum and Selda F. Bulbul
Neurosciences Journal October 2015, 20 (4) 350-356; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2015.4.20150319
Mehmet Gunduz
From the Division of Metabolism (Gunduz), Ankara Children’s Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, the Faculty of Medicine (Arslan, Cakar, Kuyum), Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, the Erzurum Local Research Hospital (Unal), Erzurum, and the Faculty of Medicine (Bulbul), Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Turkey
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Nur Arslan
From the Division of Metabolism (Gunduz), Ankara Children’s Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, the Faculty of Medicine (Arslan, Cakar, Kuyum), Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, the Erzurum Local Research Hospital (Unal), Erzurum, and the Faculty of Medicine (Bulbul), Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Turkey
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Ozlem Unal
From the Division of Metabolism (Gunduz), Ankara Children’s Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, the Faculty of Medicine (Arslan, Cakar, Kuyum), Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, the Erzurum Local Research Hospital (Unal), Erzurum, and the Faculty of Medicine (Bulbul), Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Turkey
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Sevim Cakar
From the Division of Metabolism (Gunduz), Ankara Children’s Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, the Faculty of Medicine (Arslan, Cakar, Kuyum), Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, the Erzurum Local Research Hospital (Unal), Erzurum, and the Faculty of Medicine (Bulbul), Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Turkey
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Pınar Kuyum
From the Division of Metabolism (Gunduz), Ankara Children’s Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, the Faculty of Medicine (Arslan, Cakar, Kuyum), Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, the Erzurum Local Research Hospital (Unal), Erzurum, and the Faculty of Medicine (Bulbul), Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Turkey
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Selda F. Bulbul
From the Division of Metabolism (Gunduz), Ankara Children’s Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, the Faculty of Medicine (Arslan, Cakar, Kuyum), Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, the Erzurum Local Research Hospital (Unal), Erzurum, and the Faculty of Medicine (Bulbul), Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Turkey
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