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Severe intermittent anxiety attacks

A diagnosis challenge in temporal lobe epilepsy

Abdulaziz T. Alshomrani, Radwan M. Zaidan, Yosef T. Abdulmalik and Nader M. Alrahili
Neurosciences Journal January 2017, 22 (1) 51-55; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2017.1.20160284
Abdulaziz T. Alshomrani
From the Department of Clinical Neuroscience (Alshomrani, Zaidan, Abdulmalik, Alrahili), College of Medicine, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, and from Sabic Psychological Health Research and Applications Chair (Alshomrani), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Radwan M. Zaidan
From the Department of Clinical Neuroscience (Alshomrani, Zaidan, Abdulmalik, Alrahili), College of Medicine, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, and from Sabic Psychological Health Research and Applications Chair (Alshomrani), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Yosef T. Abdulmalik
From the Department of Clinical Neuroscience (Alshomrani, Zaidan, Abdulmalik, Alrahili), College of Medicine, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, and from Sabic Psychological Health Research and Applications Chair (Alshomrani), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Nader M. Alrahili
From the Department of Clinical Neuroscience (Alshomrani, Zaidan, Abdulmalik, Alrahili), College of Medicine, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, and from Sabic Psychological Health Research and Applications Chair (Alshomrani), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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