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Patterns of antiepileptic drugs use in epileptic pediatric patients in Jordan

Abla Albsoul-Younes, Lubna Gharaibeh, Amer A. Murtaja, Amira Masri, Ibrahim Alabbadi and Abdelkarim A. Al-Qudah
Neurosciences Journal July 2016, 21 (3) 264-267; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2016.3.20150766
Abla Albsoul-Younes
From the Department of Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy (Albsoul-Younes, Gharaibeh, Murtaja, Alabadi), Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pediatric (Masri, Al-Qudah), Faculty of Medicine, Hamdi Mango Center for Scientific Research (Albsoul-Younes), The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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Lubna Gharaibeh
From the Department of Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy (Albsoul-Younes, Gharaibeh, Murtaja, Alabadi), Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pediatric (Masri, Al-Qudah), Faculty of Medicine, Hamdi Mango Center for Scientific Research (Albsoul-Younes), The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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Amer A. Murtaja
From the Department of Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy (Albsoul-Younes, Gharaibeh, Murtaja, Alabadi), Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pediatric (Masri, Al-Qudah), Faculty of Medicine, Hamdi Mango Center for Scientific Research (Albsoul-Younes), The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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Amira Masri
From the Department of Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy (Albsoul-Younes, Gharaibeh, Murtaja, Alabadi), Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pediatric (Masri, Al-Qudah), Faculty of Medicine, Hamdi Mango Center for Scientific Research (Albsoul-Younes), The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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Ibrahim Alabbadi
From the Department of Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy (Albsoul-Younes, Gharaibeh, Murtaja, Alabadi), Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pediatric (Masri, Al-Qudah), Faculty of Medicine, Hamdi Mango Center for Scientific Research (Albsoul-Younes), The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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Abdelkarim A. Al-Qudah
From the Department of Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy (Albsoul-Younes, Gharaibeh, Murtaja, Alabadi), Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pediatric (Masri, Al-Qudah), Faculty of Medicine, Hamdi Mango Center for Scientific Research (Albsoul-Younes), The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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Abla Albsoul-Younes, Lubna Gharaibeh, Amer A. Murtaja, Amira Masri, Ibrahim Alabbadi, Abdelkarim A. Al-Qudah
Neurosciences Journal Jul 2016, 21 (3) 264-267; DOI: 10.17712/nsj.2016.3.20150766

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Neurosciences Journal Jul 2016, 21 (3) 264-267; DOI: 10.17712/nsj.2016.3.20150766
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