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Impact of COVID-19 on the rate of stroke cases at a tertiary hospital in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Ebaa T. Samkari, Amal M. Alkhotani and Mohammed I. Siddiqui
Neurosciences Journal April 2021, 26 (2) 158-162; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2021.2.20200141
Ebaa T. Samkari
From the Department of Neurology (Samkari, Alkhotani), King Abdullah Medical City, from the Department of Community Medicine (Siddiqui), and from the Department of Medicine (Alkhotani), Umm AlQura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Amal M. Alkhotani
From the Department of Neurology (Samkari, Alkhotani), King Abdullah Medical City, from the Department of Community Medicine (Siddiqui), and from the Department of Medicine (Alkhotani), Umm AlQura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed I. Siddiqui
From the Department of Neurology (Samkari, Alkhotani), King Abdullah Medical City, from the Department of Community Medicine (Siddiqui), and from the Department of Medicine (Alkhotani), Umm AlQura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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