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Multiple Sclerosis Patients Knowledge in Saudi Arabia

Ahmad Abulaban, Abdulrahman Altowairqi, Haitham Altowairqi, Abdulmajeed Almutairi, Saif Altalhi, Fahad Alotaibi and Inad Alabbadi
Neurosciences Journal October 2019, 24 (4) 327-331; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2019.4.20190031
Ahmad Abulaban
From the Department of Medicine (Abulaban), King Abdulaziz Medical city, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, and from College of Medicine (Altowairqi, Altowairqi, Almutairi, Altalhi, Alotaibi, Alabbadi), Taif University, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulrahman Altowairqi
From the Department of Medicine (Abulaban), King Abdulaziz Medical city, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, and from College of Medicine (Altowairqi, Altowairqi, Almutairi, Altalhi, Alotaibi, Alabbadi), Taif University, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Haitham Altowairqi
From the Department of Medicine (Abulaban), King Abdulaziz Medical city, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, and from College of Medicine (Altowairqi, Altowairqi, Almutairi, Altalhi, Alotaibi, Alabbadi), Taif University, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Saif Altalhi
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