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Clinical Neurology

Seizure Remission and Its Predictors Among Epileptic Patients on Follow-Up at Public Hospitals in Eastern Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cohort Study

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Pages 5343-5354 | Received 23 Aug 2023, Accepted 10 Nov 2023, Published online: 15 Nov 2023

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