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Attitudes of physiotherapy students toward neurology: does “neurophobia” exist among physiotherapy students?

Zuhal Abasıyanıka Graduate School of Health Sciences, Dokuz Eylul University, Balcova, Turkey;b Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Cigli, Izmir, TurkeyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3086-8102View further author information
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Yusuf Emükb Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Cigli, Izmir, TurkeyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4128-4340View further author information
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Turhan Kahramanb Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Cigli, Izmir, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 689-694 | Received 03 Sep 2022, Accepted 29 Nov 2022, Published online: 17 Dec 2022

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