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Incidence and impact of stroke during Hajj

Results of 2015 Hajj stroke registry

Mohammed A. Almekhlafi, Maher A. Alhazmi, Sarah S. Alsulami and Soha A. Almorsy
Neurosciences Journal July 2017, 22 (3) 181-185; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2017.3.20160246
Mohammed A. Almekhlafi
From the Department of Neurology (Almekhlafi), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, from the Research Center (Alhazmi, Almorsy), King Abdullah Medical City, from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alsulami), Alnoor Specialist Hospital, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Medical Pharmacology Department (Almorsy), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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Maher A. Alhazmi
From the Department of Neurology (Almekhlafi), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, from the Research Center (Alhazmi, Almorsy), King Abdullah Medical City, from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alsulami), Alnoor Specialist Hospital, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Medical Pharmacology Department (Almorsy), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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Sarah S. Alsulami
From the Department of Neurology (Almekhlafi), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, from the Research Center (Alhazmi, Almorsy), King Abdullah Medical City, from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alsulami), Alnoor Specialist Hospital, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Medical Pharmacology Department (Almorsy), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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Soha A. Almorsy
From the Department of Neurology (Almekhlafi), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, from the Research Center (Alhazmi, Almorsy), King Abdullah Medical City, from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alsulami), Alnoor Specialist Hospital, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Medical Pharmacology Department (Almorsy), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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