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Effect of new modalities of treatment on physicians’ management plan for patients with spinal muscular atrophy

Fahad A. Bashiri, Hiyam A. Idris, Fahad M. Al-Sohime, Mohamad H. Temsah and Khalid A. Alhasan
Neurosciences Journal January 2019, 24 (1) 16-21; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2019.1.20180321
Fahad A. Bashiri
From the College of Medicine (Bashiri, Al-Sohime, Temsah, Alhasan), King Saud University, from the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (Al-Sohime, Temsah), Division of Pediatric Nephrology (Alhasan), Department of Pediatric, and from the Division of Pediatric Neurology (Bashiri, Idris), Department of Pediatrics, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hiyam A. Idris
From the College of Medicine (Bashiri, Al-Sohime, Temsah, Alhasan), King Saud University, from the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (Al-Sohime, Temsah), Division of Pediatric Nephrology (Alhasan), Department of Pediatric, and from the Division of Pediatric Neurology (Bashiri, Idris), Department of Pediatrics, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Fahad M. Al-Sohime
From the College of Medicine (Bashiri, Al-Sohime, Temsah, Alhasan), King Saud University, from the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (Al-Sohime, Temsah), Division of Pediatric Nephrology (Alhasan), Department of Pediatric, and from the Division of Pediatric Neurology (Bashiri, Idris), Department of Pediatrics, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohamad H. Temsah
From the College of Medicine (Bashiri, Al-Sohime, Temsah, Alhasan), King Saud University, from the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (Al-Sohime, Temsah), Division of Pediatric Nephrology (Alhasan), Department of Pediatric, and from the Division of Pediatric Neurology (Bashiri, Idris), Department of Pediatrics, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Khalid A. Alhasan
From the College of Medicine (Bashiri, Al-Sohime, Temsah, Alhasan), King Saud University, from the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (Al-Sohime, Temsah), Division of Pediatric Nephrology (Alhasan), Department of Pediatric, and from the Division of Pediatric Neurology (Bashiri, Idris), Department of Pediatrics, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Neurosciences Journal Jan 2019, 24 (1) 16-21; DOI: 10.17712/nsj.2019.1.20180321
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