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Assessment of the stroke-specific quality-of-life scale in KFHU, Khobar

A prospective cross-sectional study

Sarah M. Alotaibi, Horia M. Alotaibi, Amira M. Alolyani, Fawziah A. Abu Dali, Alaa K. Alshammari, Amani A. Alhwiesh, Danya M. Gari, Inam Khuda M.Q Khuda and Christopher A. Vallabadoss
Neurosciences Journal April 2021, 26 (2) 171-178; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2021.2.20200126
Sarah M. Alotaibi
From the College of Medicine (Alotaibi S, Alotaibi H, Alolyani, Abudalli, Alshammari, Alhwiesh), from the Department of Family Medicine (Gari); and from the Deanship for Quality and Development (Vallabadoss), Department of Neurology (Khuda), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Horia M. Alotaibi
From the College of Medicine (Alotaibi S, Alotaibi H, Alolyani, Abudalli, Alshammari, Alhwiesh), from the Department of Family Medicine (Gari); and from the Deanship for Quality and Development (Vallabadoss), Department of Neurology (Khuda), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Amira M. Alolyani
From the College of Medicine (Alotaibi S, Alotaibi H, Alolyani, Abudalli, Alshammari, Alhwiesh), from the Department of Family Medicine (Gari); and from the Deanship for Quality and Development (Vallabadoss), Department of Neurology (Khuda), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Fawziah A. Abu Dali
From the College of Medicine (Alotaibi S, Alotaibi H, Alolyani, Abudalli, Alshammari, Alhwiesh), from the Department of Family Medicine (Gari); and from the Deanship for Quality and Development (Vallabadoss), Department of Neurology (Khuda), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Alaa K. Alshammari
From the College of Medicine (Alotaibi S, Alotaibi H, Alolyani, Abudalli, Alshammari, Alhwiesh), from the Department of Family Medicine (Gari); and from the Deanship for Quality and Development (Vallabadoss), Department of Neurology (Khuda), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Amani A. Alhwiesh
From the College of Medicine (Alotaibi S, Alotaibi H, Alolyani, Abudalli, Alshammari, Alhwiesh), from the Department of Family Medicine (Gari); and from the Deanship for Quality and Development (Vallabadoss), Department of Neurology (Khuda), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Danya M. Gari
From the College of Medicine (Alotaibi S, Alotaibi H, Alolyani, Abudalli, Alshammari, Alhwiesh), from the Department of Family Medicine (Gari); and from the Deanship for Quality and Development (Vallabadoss), Department of Neurology (Khuda), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Inam Khuda M.Q Khuda
From the College of Medicine (Alotaibi S, Alotaibi H, Alolyani, Abudalli, Alshammari, Alhwiesh), from the Department of Family Medicine (Gari); and from the Deanship for Quality and Development (Vallabadoss), Department of Neurology (Khuda), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Christopher A. Vallabadoss
From the College of Medicine (Alotaibi S, Alotaibi H, Alolyani, Abudalli, Alshammari, Alhwiesh), from the Department of Family Medicine (Gari); and from the Deanship for Quality and Development (Vallabadoss), Department of Neurology (Khuda), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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