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Risk factors and subtypes of acute ischemic stroke

A study at King Fahd Hospital of the University

Azra Zafar, Fahd A. Al-Khamis, Aishah I. Al-Bakr, Abdulla A. Alsulaiman and Amir H. Msmar
Neurosciences Journal July 2016, 21 (3) 246-251; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2016.3.20150731
Azra Zafar
From the Department of Neurology, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBS, FCPS
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  • For correspondence: [email protected]
Fahd A. Al-Khamis
From the Department of Neurology, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBS, UODFN
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Aishah I. Al-Bakr
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Abdulla A. Alsulaiman
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Amir H. Msmar
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vol. 21 no. 3 246-251
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2016.3.20150731
PubMed 
27356657

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Neurosciences Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3183
History 
  • Received November 29, 2015
  • Accepted March 9, 2016
  • Published online November 13, 2020.

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Copyright: © Neurosciences Neurosciences is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

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  1. Azra Zafar, MBBS, FCPS⇑,
  2. Fahd A. Al-Khamis, MBBS, UODFN,
  3. Aishah I. Al-Bakr, MBBS, UODFN,
  4. Abdulla A. Alsulaiman, MBBS, UODFN and
  5. Amir H. Msmar, MSc
  1. From the Department of Neurology, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Azra Zafar, Assistant Professor, Consultant Neurologist, Department of Neurology, King Fahd Hospital of the University (KFHU), Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: azafar{at}ud.edu.sa
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