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The role of ketogenic diet in controlling epileptic seizures

Raidah S. Al-Baradie, Alaa Alshammari, Modhi Alajmi and Shahid bashir
Neurosciences Journal January 2021, 26 (1) 103-106; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2021.1.20200101
Raidah S. Al-Baradie
From the Pedartic Neurology, Neuroscience Center, King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Alaa Alshammari
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Modhi Alajmi
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Shahid bashir
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