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Secondary stroke prevention among stroke survivors in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia

Shaykhah F. Alhusayni, Nora M. Abanmi, Najla A. Abanemai, Roba M. Alharbi, Forat A. AlAtiyah, Sawsan M. Abdalla and Awad A. Alharbi
Neurosciences Journal April 2020, 25 (2) 118-128; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2020.2.20190059
Shaykhah F. Alhusayni
From the College of Medicine (Alhusayni, Abanmi NM, Abanemai NA, Alharbi R, AlAtiyah), from the Department of Public Health & Community Medicine (Abdalla), Majmaah University, Almajmaah, and from the Department of Neurology (Al Harbi A),King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Nora M. Abanmi
From the College of Medicine (Alhusayni, Abanmi NM, Abanemai NA, Alharbi R, AlAtiyah), from the Department of Public Health & Community Medicine (Abdalla), Majmaah University, Almajmaah, and from the Department of Neurology (Al Harbi A),King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Najla A. Abanemai
From the College of Medicine (Alhusayni, Abanmi NM, Abanemai NA, Alharbi R, AlAtiyah), from the Department of Public Health & Community Medicine (Abdalla), Majmaah University, Almajmaah, and from the Department of Neurology (Al Harbi A),King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Roba M. Alharbi
From the College of Medicine (Alhusayni, Abanmi NM, Abanemai NA, Alharbi R, AlAtiyah), from the Department of Public Health & Community Medicine (Abdalla), Majmaah University, Almajmaah, and from the Department of Neurology (Al Harbi A),King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Forat A. AlAtiyah
From the College of Medicine (Alhusayni, Abanmi NM, Abanemai NA, Alharbi R, AlAtiyah), from the Department of Public Health & Community Medicine (Abdalla), Majmaah University, Almajmaah, and from the Department of Neurology (Al Harbi A),King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Sawsan M. Abdalla
From the College of Medicine (Alhusayni, Abanmi NM, Abanemai NA, Alharbi R, AlAtiyah), from the Department of Public Health & Community Medicine (Abdalla), Majmaah University, Almajmaah, and from the Department of Neurology (Al Harbi A),King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Awad A. Alharbi
From the College of Medicine (Alhusayni, Abanmi NM, Abanemai NA, Alharbi R, AlAtiyah), from the Department of Public Health & Community Medicine (Abdalla), Majmaah University, Almajmaah, and from the Department of Neurology (Al Harbi A),King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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