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Original Research

Brain CT Findings in Patients with First-Onset Seizure Visiting the Emergency Department in Mashhad, Iran

Bahram Zarmehri1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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Ali Teimouri1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5900-4493
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Navid Ebrahimipour2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, IranORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7547-2083
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Mahdi Foroughian1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3944-9361
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Vahid Talebzadeh3 Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, IranORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3553-9164
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Morteza Saeidi4 Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9823-4475
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Mehran Alirezaei5 Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 159-162 | Published online: 10 Jun 2020

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