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Knowledge of and attitudes toward epilepsy surgery among neurologists in Saudi Arabia

Bandar Aljafen, Majed Alomar, Nawaf Abohamra, Mohammed Alanazy, Fawaz Al-hussain, Ziad Alhumayyd, Yousef Mohammad and Taim Muayqil
Neurosciences Journal January 2020, 25 (1) 43-49; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2020.1.20190051
Bandar Aljafen
From the Division of Neurology (Aljafen, Alanazy, Al-hussain, Alhumayyd, Mohammad, Muayqil), Department of Internal Medicine, King Saud University Medical City and College of Medicine, King Saud University, and from National Neurosciences Institute (Alomar, Abohamra), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Majed Alomar
From the Division of Neurology (Aljafen, Alanazy, Al-hussain, Alhumayyd, Mohammad, Muayqil), Department of Internal Medicine, King Saud University Medical City and College of Medicine, King Saud University, and from National Neurosciences Institute (Alomar, Abohamra), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Nawaf Abohamra
From the Division of Neurology (Aljafen, Alanazy, Al-hussain, Alhumayyd, Mohammad, Muayqil), Department of Internal Medicine, King Saud University Medical City and College of Medicine, King Saud University, and from National Neurosciences Institute (Alomar, Abohamra), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed Alanazy
From the Division of Neurology (Aljafen, Alanazy, Al-hussain, Alhumayyd, Mohammad, Muayqil), Department of Internal Medicine, King Saud University Medical City and College of Medicine, King Saud University, and from National Neurosciences Institute (Alomar, Abohamra), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Fawaz Al-hussain
From the Division of Neurology (Aljafen, Alanazy, Al-hussain, Alhumayyd, Mohammad, Muayqil), Department of Internal Medicine, King Saud University Medical City and College of Medicine, King Saud University, and from National Neurosciences Institute (Alomar, Abohamra), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ziad Alhumayyd
From the Division of Neurology (Aljafen, Alanazy, Al-hussain, Alhumayyd, Mohammad, Muayqil), Department of Internal Medicine, King Saud University Medical City and College of Medicine, King Saud University, and from National Neurosciences Institute (Alomar, Abohamra), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Yousef Mohammad
From the Division of Neurology (Aljafen, Alanazy, Al-hussain, Alhumayyd, Mohammad, Muayqil), Department of Internal Medicine, King Saud University Medical City and College of Medicine, King Saud University, and from National Neurosciences Institute (Alomar, Abohamra), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Taim Muayqil
From the Division of Neurology (Aljafen, Alanazy, Al-hussain, Alhumayyd, Mohammad, Muayqil), Department of Internal Medicine, King Saud University Medical City and College of Medicine, King Saud University, and from National Neurosciences Institute (Alomar, Abohamra), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Neurosciences Journal Jan 2020, 25 (1) 43-49; DOI: 10.17712/nsj.2020.1.20190051
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