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Establishment of a Comprehensive Epilepsy Center in Pakistan: Initial Experiences, Results, and Reflections

Background. Developing countries, home to 80% of epilepsy patients, do not have comprehensive epilepsy surgery programs. Considering these needs we set up first epilepsy surgery center in Pakistan. Methods. Seventeen teleconferences focused on setting up an epilepsy center at the Aga Khan University...

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Autores principales:	Tahir, M. Zubair, Sobani, Zain A., Quadri, S. A., Ahmed, S. Nizam, Sheerani, Mughis, Siddiqui, Fowzia, Boling, Warren W., Enam, Syed Ather
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3420664/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22957232 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/547382

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