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Treatable inherited metabolic epilepsies

Khalid Hundallah and Brahim Tabarki
Neurosciences Journal July 2021, 26 (3) 229-235; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2021.3.20210077
Khalid Hundallah
From the Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Brahim Tabarki
From the Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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