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Autoimmune epilepsy, retrospective case series of clinical features, management, and outcomes

Abrar A. Khan, Waleed M. Alzahrani, Reem M. Bagadood, Baker M. Alweshah, Jwana F. Alsulaimi and Hanadi M. Abualela
Neurosciences Journal October 2023, 28 (4) 264-269; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2023.4.20230007
Abrar A. Khan
From the Department of Neurology (khan, Alzahrani, Bagadood, Abualela), and from the Department of Neurophysiology (Alweshah, Alsulaimi), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Baker M. Alweshah
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