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Stroke rehabilitation

A call to action in Saudi Arabia

Saad M. Bindawas and Vishal S. Vennu
Neurosciences Journal October 2016, 21 (4) 297-305; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2016.4.20160075
Saad M. Bindawas
From the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
PT, PhD
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Vishal S. Vennu
From the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
BSc, MSc
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