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Type and etiology of pediatric epilepsy in Jordan

a multi-center study

Abdelkarim A. Al-Qudah, Abla Albsoul-Younes, Amira T. Masri, Samah K. AbuRahmah, Ibrahim A. Alabadi, Omar A. Nafi, Lubna F. Gharaibeh, Amer A. Murtaja, Lina H. Al-Sakran, Haya A. Arabiat and Abdallah A. Al-Shorman
Neurosciences Journal October 2017, 22 (4) 267-273; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2017.4.20170164
Abdelkarim A. Al-Qudah
From the Department of Pediatrics (Al-Qudah, Masri), Faculty of Medicine, Department of Bio pharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy (Albsoul-Younes, Alabadi, Gharaibeh, Murtaja, Al-Sakran), Faculty of Pharmacy, Hamdi Mango Centre for Scientific Research (Albsoul-Younes), University of Jordan, Amman, from the Department of Pediatrics (AbuRahmah), Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, from the Faculty of Medicine (Nafi), University of Mutah, Karak, Jordan, from Salt Hospital (Arabiat), Salt, and from Prince Rahma Hospital (Al-Shorman), Irbid, Ministry of Health, Jordan
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Abla Albsoul-Younes
From the Department of Pediatrics (Al-Qudah, Masri), Faculty of Medicine, Department of Bio pharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy (Albsoul-Younes, Alabadi, Gharaibeh, Murtaja, Al-Sakran), Faculty of Pharmacy, Hamdi Mango Centre for Scientific Research (Albsoul-Younes), University of Jordan, Amman, from the Department of Pediatrics (AbuRahmah), Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, from the Faculty of Medicine (Nafi), University of Mutah, Karak, Jordan, from Salt Hospital (Arabiat), Salt, and from Prince Rahma Hospital (Al-Shorman), Irbid, Ministry of Health, Jordan
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Amira T. Masri
From the Department of Pediatrics (Al-Qudah, Masri), Faculty of Medicine, Department of Bio pharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy (Albsoul-Younes, Alabadi, Gharaibeh, Murtaja, Al-Sakran), Faculty of Pharmacy, Hamdi Mango Centre for Scientific Research (Albsoul-Younes), University of Jordan, Amman, from the Department of Pediatrics (AbuRahmah), Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, from the Faculty of Medicine (Nafi), University of Mutah, Karak, Jordan, from Salt Hospital (Arabiat), Salt, and from Prince Rahma Hospital (Al-Shorman), Irbid, Ministry of Health, Jordan
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Samah K. AbuRahmah
From the Department of Pediatrics (Al-Qudah, Masri), Faculty of Medicine, Department of Bio pharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy (Albsoul-Younes, Alabadi, Gharaibeh, Murtaja, Al-Sakran), Faculty of Pharmacy, Hamdi Mango Centre for Scientific Research (Albsoul-Younes), University of Jordan, Amman, from the Department of Pediatrics (AbuRahmah), Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, from the Faculty of Medicine (Nafi), University of Mutah, Karak, Jordan, from Salt Hospital (Arabiat), Salt, and from Prince Rahma Hospital (Al-Shorman), Irbid, Ministry of Health, Jordan
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Ibrahim A. Alabadi
From the Department of Pediatrics (Al-Qudah, Masri), Faculty of Medicine, Department of Bio pharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy (Albsoul-Younes, Alabadi, Gharaibeh, Murtaja, Al-Sakran), Faculty of Pharmacy, Hamdi Mango Centre for Scientific Research (Albsoul-Younes), University of Jordan, Amman, from the Department of Pediatrics (AbuRahmah), Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, from the Faculty of Medicine (Nafi), University of Mutah, Karak, Jordan, from Salt Hospital (Arabiat), Salt, and from Prince Rahma Hospital (Al-Shorman), Irbid, Ministry of Health, Jordan
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Omar A. Nafi
From the Department of Pediatrics (Al-Qudah, Masri), Faculty of Medicine, Department of Bio pharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy (Albsoul-Younes, Alabadi, Gharaibeh, Murtaja, Al-Sakran), Faculty of Pharmacy, Hamdi Mango Centre for Scientific Research (Albsoul-Younes), University of Jordan, Amman, from the Department of Pediatrics (AbuRahmah), Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, from the Faculty of Medicine (Nafi), University of Mutah, Karak, Jordan, from Salt Hospital (Arabiat), Salt, and from Prince Rahma Hospital (Al-Shorman), Irbid, Ministry of Health, Jordan
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Lubna F. Gharaibeh
From the Department of Pediatrics (Al-Qudah, Masri), Faculty of Medicine, Department of Bio pharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy (Albsoul-Younes, Alabadi, Gharaibeh, Murtaja, Al-Sakran), Faculty of Pharmacy, Hamdi Mango Centre for Scientific Research (Albsoul-Younes), University of Jordan, Amman, from the Department of Pediatrics (AbuRahmah), Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, from the Faculty of Medicine (Nafi), University of Mutah, Karak, Jordan, from Salt Hospital (Arabiat), Salt, and from Prince Rahma Hospital (Al-Shorman), Irbid, Ministry of Health, Jordan
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Amer A. Murtaja
From the Department of Pediatrics (Al-Qudah, Masri), Faculty of Medicine, Department of Bio pharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy (Albsoul-Younes, Alabadi, Gharaibeh, Murtaja, Al-Sakran), Faculty of Pharmacy, Hamdi Mango Centre for Scientific Research (Albsoul-Younes), University of Jordan, Amman, from the Department of Pediatrics (AbuRahmah), Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, from the Faculty of Medicine (Nafi), University of Mutah, Karak, Jordan, from Salt Hospital (Arabiat), Salt, and from Prince Rahma Hospital (Al-Shorman), Irbid, Ministry of Health, Jordan
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Lina H. Al-Sakran
From the Department of Pediatrics (Al-Qudah, Masri), Faculty of Medicine, Department of Bio pharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy (Albsoul-Younes, Alabadi, Gharaibeh, Murtaja, Al-Sakran), Faculty of Pharmacy, Hamdi Mango Centre for Scientific Research (Albsoul-Younes), University of Jordan, Amman, from the Department of Pediatrics (AbuRahmah), Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, from the Faculty of Medicine (Nafi), University of Mutah, Karak, Jordan, from Salt Hospital (Arabiat), Salt, and from Prince Rahma Hospital (Al-Shorman), Irbid, Ministry of Health, Jordan
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Haya A. Arabiat
From the Department of Pediatrics (Al-Qudah, Masri), Faculty of Medicine, Department of Bio pharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy (Albsoul-Younes, Alabadi, Gharaibeh, Murtaja, Al-Sakran), Faculty of Pharmacy, Hamdi Mango Centre for Scientific Research (Albsoul-Younes), University of Jordan, Amman, from the Department of Pediatrics (AbuRahmah), Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, from the Faculty of Medicine (Nafi), University of Mutah, Karak, Jordan, from Salt Hospital (Arabiat), Salt, and from Prince Rahma Hospital (Al-Shorman), Irbid, Ministry of Health, Jordan
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Abdallah A. Al-Shorman
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