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Factors affecting functional outcomes of traumatic brain injury rehabilitation at a rehabilitation facility in Saudi Arabia

Sami Ullah, Saeed Bin Ayaz, Imad S. Moukais, Ahmad Z. Qureshi, Talal Alumri, Tariq A. Wani and Adel A. Aldajani
Neurosciences Journal July 2020, 25 (3) 169-175; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2020.3.20190097
Sami Ullah
From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Ullah, Moukais, Qureshi, Aldajani), and Department of Biostatistics (Wani), Research Services Administration, Research Center, King Fahad Medical City, from National Guard Hospital (Alumri), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Bin Ayaz), Combined Military Hospital Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan.
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Saeed Bin Ayaz
From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Ullah, Moukais, Qureshi, Aldajani), and Department of Biostatistics (Wani), Research Services Administration, Research Center, King Fahad Medical City, from National Guard Hospital (Alumri), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Bin Ayaz), Combined Military Hospital Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan.
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Imad S. Moukais
From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Ullah, Moukais, Qureshi, Aldajani), and Department of Biostatistics (Wani), Research Services Administration, Research Center, King Fahad Medical City, from National Guard Hospital (Alumri), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Bin Ayaz), Combined Military Hospital Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan.
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Ahmad Z. Qureshi
From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Ullah, Moukais, Qureshi, Aldajani), and Department of Biostatistics (Wani), Research Services Administration, Research Center, King Fahad Medical City, from National Guard Hospital (Alumri), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Bin Ayaz), Combined Military Hospital Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan.
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Talal Alumri
From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Ullah, Moukais, Qureshi, Aldajani), and Department of Biostatistics (Wani), Research Services Administration, Research Center, King Fahad Medical City, from National Guard Hospital (Alumri), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Bin Ayaz), Combined Military Hospital Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan.
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Tariq A. Wani
From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Ullah, Moukais, Qureshi, Aldajani), and Department of Biostatistics (Wani), Research Services Administration, Research Center, King Fahad Medical City, from National Guard Hospital (Alumri), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Bin Ayaz), Combined Military Hospital Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan.
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Adel A. Aldajani
From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Ullah, Moukais, Qureshi, Aldajani), and Department of Biostatistics (Wani), Research Services Administration, Research Center, King Fahad Medical City, from National Guard Hospital (Alumri), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Bin Ayaz), Combined Military Hospital Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan.
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