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Knowledge and awareness of brain death among Saudi population

Bashaier G. AlQahtani and Mohammad Eid M. Mahfouz
Neurosciences Journal July 2019, 24 (3) 207-213; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2018.3.20180031
Bashaier G. AlQahtani
From the Faculty of Medicine, Taif University, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammad Eid M. Mahfouz
From the Faculty of Medicine, Taif University, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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