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Frontal theta/beta ratio changes during TOVA in Egyptian ADHD children

Islam F. Halawa, Basma B. El Sayed, Omnia R. Amin, Nagwa A. Meguid and Ann A. Abdel Kader
Neurosciences Journal October 2017, 22 (4) 287-291; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2017.4.20170067
Islam F. Halawa
From the Department of Human Genetics (Halawa, Meguid), National Research Center, from the Unit of Clinical Neurophysiology (El Sayed, Kader), and from the Department of Psychiatry (Amin), Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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Basma B. El Sayed
From the Department of Human Genetics (Halawa, Meguid), National Research Center, from the Unit of Clinical Neurophysiology (El Sayed, Kader), and from the Department of Psychiatry (Amin), Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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Omnia R. Amin
From the Department of Human Genetics (Halawa, Meguid), National Research Center, from the Unit of Clinical Neurophysiology (El Sayed, Kader), and from the Department of Psychiatry (Amin), Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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Nagwa A. Meguid
From the Department of Human Genetics (Halawa, Meguid), National Research Center, from the Unit of Clinical Neurophysiology (El Sayed, Kader), and from the Department of Psychiatry (Amin), Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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Ann A. Abdel Kader
From the Department of Human Genetics (Halawa, Meguid), National Research Center, from the Unit of Clinical Neurophysiology (El Sayed, Kader), and from the Department of Psychiatry (Amin), Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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