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Treatment of drop attacks: Anti-seizure drug choices of pediatric neurologists in Saudi Arabia

Mudhawi Alhiniah, Asma Alshahrani, Renad Rajab, Rakan Alelyani, Atheer Badawi, Abrar Abbar, Mashael Abdulsbhan, Amir Alrajhi, Osama Muthaffar and Mohammed Jan
Neurosciences Journal July 2023, 28 (3) 170-176; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2023.3.20230008
Mudhawi Alhiniah
From the Faculty of Medicine (Alhiniah, Alshahrani, Rajab, Alelyani, Badawi, Alrajhi), Departments of Pediatrics (Abbar, Abdulsbhan, Muthaffar, Jan), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and from Departments of Pediatrics (Abbar), East Jeddah Hospital, Ministry of Health, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Asma Alshahrani
From the Faculty of Medicine (Alhiniah, Alshahrani, Rajab, Alelyani, Badawi, Alrajhi), Departments of Pediatrics (Abbar, Abdulsbhan, Muthaffar, Jan), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and from Departments of Pediatrics (Abbar), East Jeddah Hospital, Ministry of Health, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Renad Rajab
From the Faculty of Medicine (Alhiniah, Alshahrani, Rajab, Alelyani, Badawi, Alrajhi), Departments of Pediatrics (Abbar, Abdulsbhan, Muthaffar, Jan), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and from Departments of Pediatrics (Abbar), East Jeddah Hospital, Ministry of Health, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Rakan Alelyani
From the Faculty of Medicine (Alhiniah, Alshahrani, Rajab, Alelyani, Badawi, Alrajhi), Departments of Pediatrics (Abbar, Abdulsbhan, Muthaffar, Jan), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and from Departments of Pediatrics (Abbar), East Jeddah Hospital, Ministry of Health, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Atheer Badawi
From the Faculty of Medicine (Alhiniah, Alshahrani, Rajab, Alelyani, Badawi, Alrajhi), Departments of Pediatrics (Abbar, Abdulsbhan, Muthaffar, Jan), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and from Departments of Pediatrics (Abbar), East Jeddah Hospital, Ministry of Health, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abrar Abbar
From the Faculty of Medicine (Alhiniah, Alshahrani, Rajab, Alelyani, Badawi, Alrajhi), Departments of Pediatrics (Abbar, Abdulsbhan, Muthaffar, Jan), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and from Departments of Pediatrics (Abbar), East Jeddah Hospital, Ministry of Health, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mashael Abdulsbhan
From the Faculty of Medicine (Alhiniah, Alshahrani, Rajab, Alelyani, Badawi, Alrajhi), Departments of Pediatrics (Abbar, Abdulsbhan, Muthaffar, Jan), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and from Departments of Pediatrics (Abbar), East Jeddah Hospital, Ministry of Health, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Amir Alrajhi
From the Faculty of Medicine (Alhiniah, Alshahrani, Rajab, Alelyani, Badawi, Alrajhi), Departments of Pediatrics (Abbar, Abdulsbhan, Muthaffar, Jan), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and from Departments of Pediatrics (Abbar), East Jeddah Hospital, Ministry of Health, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Osama Muthaffar
From the Faculty of Medicine (Alhiniah, Alshahrani, Rajab, Alelyani, Badawi, Alrajhi), Departments of Pediatrics (Abbar, Abdulsbhan, Muthaffar, Jan), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and from Departments of Pediatrics (Abbar), East Jeddah Hospital, Ministry of Health, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed Jan
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