Prevalence of childhood and adolescence epilepsy in Upper Egypt (desert areas)
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عنوان ژورنال: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1687-8329
DOI: 10.1186/s41983-018-0032-0