the aim of the current study was to assess the extent to which complementary and alternative medicine (cam) has been used in children and adults to treat seizures and to compare the perceptions and usage of cam between adult patients who decides for themselves and adults who decide for their sick children.in this cross-sectional study, patients who have been treated for epilepsy for at least on...

how to cite this article: tonekaboni sh, jafari naeini s, khajeh a, yaghini o, ghazavi a, abdollah gorji f. use of complementary and alternative medicine for epileptic children in tehran: a cross-sectional study (2009-2011). iran j child neurol. 2014 winter; 8(1):26-31. objective although the use of complementary and alternative medicine (cam) has been evaluated globally, there are few studies ...

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