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Quality of life among multiple sclerosis patients in Saudi Arabia

Hussein A. Algahtani, Bader H. Shirah, Faris A. Alzahrani, Hind A. Abobaker, Nebras A. Alghanaim and Juan S. Manlangit
Neurosciences Journal October 2017, 22 (4) 261-266; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2017.4.20170273
Hussein A. Algahtani
From the Neurology Section (Algahtani), Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Shirah), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (Algahtani, Alzahrani, Abobaker, Alghanaim, Manlangit Jr), Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Bader H. Shirah
From the Neurology Section (Algahtani), Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Shirah), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (Algahtani, Alzahrani, Abobaker, Alghanaim, Manlangit Jr), Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Faris A. Alzahrani
From the Neurology Section (Algahtani), Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Shirah), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (Algahtani, Alzahrani, Abobaker, Alghanaim, Manlangit Jr), Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hind A. Abobaker
From the Neurology Section (Algahtani), Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Shirah), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (Algahtani, Alzahrani, Abobaker, Alghanaim, Manlangit Jr), Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Nebras A. Alghanaim
From the Neurology Section (Algahtani), Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Shirah), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (Algahtani, Alzahrani, Abobaker, Alghanaim, Manlangit Jr), Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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vol. 22 no. 4 261-266
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2017.4.20170273
PubMed 
29057850

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Neurosciences Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3183
History 
  • Received June 11, 2017
  • Accepted August 4, 2017
  • 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. Hussein A. Algahtani, MD, FRCPC⇑,
  2. Bader H. Shirah, MS,
  3. Faris A. Alzahrani, MD,
  4. Hind A. Abobaker, MD,
  5. Nebras A. Alghanaim, BSc and
  6. Juan S. Manlangit, Jr. MSc
  1. From the Neurology Section (Algahtani), Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Shirah), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (Algahtani, Alzahrani, Abobaker, Alghanaim, Manlangit Jr), Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Hussein A. Algahtani, Neurology Section, Department of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: halgahtani{at}hotmail.com ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0001-9484-9838
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