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Awareness of stroke among patients attending primary healthcare services in Abha, Southwestern Saudi Arabia

Adel A. Alhazzani, Ahmed A. Mahfouz, Ahmed Y. Abolyazid, Nabil J. Awadalla, Razia A. Ahmed, Aesha F. Siddiqui and Shamsun N. Khalil
Neurosciences Journal July 2019, 24 (3) 214-220; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2019.3.20180041
Adel A. Alhazzani
From the Neurology Section (Alhazzani), Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Mahfouz, Abolyazid, Awadalla, Ahmed, Siddiqui, Khalil), College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Epidemiology (Mahfouz), High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, and from the Department of Community Medicine (Abolyazid, Awadalla), College of Medicine, Mansoura University, Alexandria, Egypt
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  • For correspondence: [email protected]
Ahmed A. Mahfouz
From the Neurology Section (Alhazzani), Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Mahfouz, Abolyazid, Awadalla, Ahmed, Siddiqui, Khalil), College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Epidemiology (Mahfouz), High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, and from the Department of Community Medicine (Abolyazid, Awadalla), College of Medicine, Mansoura University, Alexandria, Egypt
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Ahmed Y. Abolyazid
From the Neurology Section (Alhazzani), Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Mahfouz, Abolyazid, Awadalla, Ahmed, Siddiqui, Khalil), College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Epidemiology (Mahfouz), High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, and from the Department of Community Medicine (Abolyazid, Awadalla), College of Medicine, Mansoura University, Alexandria, Egypt
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Nabil J. Awadalla
From the Neurology Section (Alhazzani), Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Mahfouz, Abolyazid, Awadalla, Ahmed, Siddiqui, Khalil), College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Epidemiology (Mahfouz), High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, and from the Department of Community Medicine (Abolyazid, Awadalla), College of Medicine, Mansoura University, Alexandria, Egypt
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Razia A. Ahmed
From the Neurology Section (Alhazzani), Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Mahfouz, Abolyazid, Awadalla, Ahmed, Siddiqui, Khalil), College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Epidemiology (Mahfouz), High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, and from the Department of Community Medicine (Abolyazid, Awadalla), College of Medicine, Mansoura University, Alexandria, Egypt
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Aesha F. Siddiqui
From the Neurology Section (Alhazzani), Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Mahfouz, Abolyazid, Awadalla, Ahmed, Siddiqui, Khalil), College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Epidemiology (Mahfouz), High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, and from the Department of Community Medicine (Abolyazid, Awadalla), College of Medicine, Mansoura University, Alexandria, Egypt
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Shamsun N. Khalil
From the Neurology Section (Alhazzani), Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Mahfouz, Abolyazid, Awadalla, Ahmed, Siddiqui, Khalil), College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Epidemiology (Mahfouz), High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, and from the Department of Community Medicine (Abolyazid, Awadalla), College of Medicine, Mansoura University, Alexandria, Egypt
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vol. 24 no. 3 214-220
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2019.3.20180041
PubMed 
31380821

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Neurosciences Journal
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1658-3183
History 
  • Received December 30, 2018
  • Accepted March 5, 2019
  • 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. Adel A. Alhazzani, MD, FRCPC⇑,
  2. Ahmed A. Mahfouz, MPH, DrPH,
  3. Ahmed Y. Abolyazid, MSc, PhD,
  4. Nabil J. Awadalla, MSc, MD,
  5. Razia A. Ahmed, MD, MRCGP,
  6. Aesha F. Siddiqui, MD, DFM and
  7. Shamsun N. Khalil, MSc, PhD
  1. From the Neurology Section (Alhazzani), Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Mahfouz, Abolyazid, Awadalla, Ahmed, Siddiqui, Khalil), College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Epidemiology (Mahfouz), High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, and from the Department of Community Medicine (Abolyazid, Awadalla), College of Medicine, Mansoura University, Alexandria, Egypt
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Ahmed A. Mahfouz, Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: mahfouz2005{at}gmail.com ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-4974-6431
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Neurosciences Journal Jul 2019, 24 (3) 214-220; DOI: 10.17712/nsj.2019.3.20180041
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