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Epilepsy services in Saudi Arabia

Quantitative assessment and identification of challenges

Saud M. Alfayez and Bandar N. Aljafen
Neurosciences Journal October 2016, 21 (4) 326-330; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2016.4.20160053
Saud M. Alfayez
From the College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBS
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Bandar N. Aljafen
From the College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MD, SSC-Med (Neuro)
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