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Depression in adults with epilepsy: Relationship to psychobiological variables
Sherifa Ahmad Hamed, Khalid Ahmad Mohamed, Mohamad Abdel-Rahman Ahmad, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Assiut University Hospital, Assiut 12111, Egypt
Nabil Abdel-Hakim Metwaly, Mahmoud Mohamad Hassan, Ahmad Abdel-Magid Soliman, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Al-Azhar University Hospital, Assiut 12111, Egypt
Abdel-Rahman Mohamed Elsaied, Department of Clinical Pathology, South Valley University Hospital, 83523 Qena, Egypt
Author contributions: Hamed SA carried out the clinical evaluation of the patients, collection of serum samples, participated in the design of the study, statistical analysis and drafted the manuscript; Soliman AA, Metwaly NA, Hassan MM and Ahmad MA helped in the clinical evaluation of the patients and participated in the design of the study; Mohamed KA and Soliman AA carried out the psychiatric evaluation; Elsaied AM performed the lab evaluation; all authors helped in the statistical analysis and drafting of the manuscript; all authors read and approved the final manuscript
Correspondence to: Dr. Sherifa Ahmad Hamed, MD, Consultant Neurologist, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Assiut University Hospital, Floor # 4, Room # 4, Assiut University Hospital, PO Box 71516, Assiut 12111, Egypt. hamed_sherifa@yahoo.com
Telephone: +2-88-2413411 Fax: +2-88-2333327
Received: December 17, 2011
Revised: February 16, 2012
Accepted: February 20, 2012
Published online: February 28, 2012
Revised: February 16, 2012
Accepted: February 20, 2012
Published online: February 28, 2012
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