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Awareness of patients with multiple sclerosis in Saudi Arabia regarding the relationship between smoking and multiple sclerosis

Lujain F. Bashamakh, Shouq M. Alsharif, Lamis A. Wayyani, Alaa E. Alghamdi, Ghaida M. Fatani, Hind A. Alnajashi and Foziah J. Alshamrani
Neurosciences Journal October 2019, 24 (4) 278-283; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2019.4.20190027
Lujain F. Bashamakh
From Faculty of Medicine (Bashamakh, Alsharif, Wayyani, Alghamdi, Fatani), Neurology Division (Alnajashi), Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and from the Department of Neurology (Alshamrani), King Fahad Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Shouq M. Alsharif
From Faculty of Medicine (Bashamakh, Alsharif, Wayyani, Alghamdi, Fatani), Neurology Division (Alnajashi), Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and from the Department of Neurology (Alshamrani), King Fahad Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Lamis A. Wayyani
From Faculty of Medicine (Bashamakh, Alsharif, Wayyani, Alghamdi, Fatani), Neurology Division (Alnajashi), Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and from the Department of Neurology (Alshamrani), King Fahad Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Alaa E. Alghamdi
From Faculty of Medicine (Bashamakh, Alsharif, Wayyani, Alghamdi, Fatani), Neurology Division (Alnajashi), Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and from the Department of Neurology (Alshamrani), King Fahad Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ghaida M. Fatani
From Faculty of Medicine (Bashamakh, Alsharif, Wayyani, Alghamdi, Fatani), Neurology Division (Alnajashi), Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and from the Department of Neurology (Alshamrani), King Fahad Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Hind A. Alnajashi
From Faculty of Medicine (Bashamakh, Alsharif, Wayyani, Alghamdi, Fatani), Neurology Division (Alnajashi), Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and from the Department of Neurology (Alshamrani), King Fahad Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Foziah J. Alshamrani
From Faculty of Medicine (Bashamakh, Alsharif, Wayyani, Alghamdi, Fatani), Neurology Division (Alnajashi), Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and from the Department of Neurology (Alshamrani), King Fahad Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Neurosciences Journal Oct 2019, 24 (4) 278-283; DOI: 10.17712/nsj.2019.4.20190027

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