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Evaluation of knowledge levels and attitudes of health management department students about epilepsy disease; a cross-sectional study

•Health management students' epilepsy knowledge levels and attitude scores are low.•Having misinformation about epilepsy causes negative attitudes toward epilepsy.•Those who witnessed an epileptic seizure have more positive attitudes toward epilepsy.•Those who read anything about epilepsy have...

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Published in:Epilepsy & behavior 2022-01, Vol.126, p.108480-108480, Article 108480
Main Authors: Gökgöz Durmaz, Funda, Cihan, Fatma Gökşin, Sevinç, İsmail, Kızmaz, Muhammet
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