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Epilepsy monitoring units in Saudi Arabia:

Where do we stand compared to developed countries?

Bandar N. Aljafen, Saud M. Alfayez, Mohammed H. Alanazy, Naael Alazwary, Sama M. Alohali and Taim Muayqil
Neurosciences Journal July 2018, 23 (3) 244-249; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2018.3.20170412
Bandar N. Aljafen
From the College of Medicine (Aljafen, Alfayez, Alanazy, Alohali, Muayqil) King Saud University, and from the Security Forces Hospital (Alazwary), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Saud M. Alfayez
From the College of Medicine (Aljafen, Alfayez, Alanazy, Alohali, Muayqil) King Saud University, and from the Security Forces Hospital (Alazwary), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed H. Alanazy
From the College of Medicine (Aljafen, Alfayez, Alanazy, Alohali, Muayqil) King Saud University, and from the Security Forces Hospital (Alazwary), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Naael Alazwary
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Sama M. Alohali
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Taim Muayqil
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