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Neurology training in Africa: the Ethiopian experience

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  1. M Zebenigus is Chief Resident of the Department of Neurology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.,

    Mehila Zebenigus

  2. G Zenebe is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Neurology, both at Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.,

    Guta Zenebe

  3. JH Bower is an Associate Professor of Neurology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA.,

    James H Bower

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Zebenigus, M., Zenebe, G. & Bower, J. Neurology training in Africa: the Ethiopian experience. Nat Rev Neurol 3, 412–413 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneuro0531

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