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Health related quality of life in a Saudi population of patients with epilepsy

Alaa Eskandrani, Eman Almusallam, Asmaa Alenizi, Safiyyah Asiri, Fawziah Bamogaddam, Majed Alhameed and Mubarak M. Aldosari
Neurosciences Journal October 2023, 28 (4) 234-242; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2023.4.20230026

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