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Epilepsy trigger factors in Saudi Arabia

A missing part of the puzzle

Foziah J. Alshamrani, Mohammed A. Alshurem, Mohammed F. Almuaigel and Noor M. AlMohish
Saudi Medical Journal August 2020, 41 (8) 828-833; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.8.25220
Foziah J. Alshamrani
From the Neurology Department (Alshamrani, Alshurem), College of Medicine Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahad University Hospital and from the Neurology Department (Almuaigel, AlMohish), King Fahad University Hospital, Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed A. Alshurem
From the Neurology Department (Alshamrani, Alshurem), College of Medicine Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahad University Hospital and from the Neurology Department (Almuaigel, AlMohish), King Fahad University Hospital, Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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From the Neurology Department (Alshamrani, Alshurem), College of Medicine Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahad University Hospital and from the Neurology Department (Almuaigel, AlMohish), King Fahad University Hospital, Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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