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Public knowledge and awareness of stroke among adult population in Taif city, Saudi Arabia

Adnan A. Mubaraki, Adel S. Alqahtani, Abdullatif A. Almalki, Ahmed H. Almalki, Hamdan M. Alamri, Mishaal K. Aburass and Zeyad H. Althumali
Neurosciences Journal October 2021, 26 (4) 339-345; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2021.4.20210057
Adnan A. Mubaraki
From the Department of Medicine (Mubaraki), and from the College of Medicine (Alqahtani, Almalki A., Almalki H., Alamri, Aburass, Althumali), Taif University, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Adel S. Alqahtani
From the Department of Medicine (Mubaraki), and from the College of Medicine (Alqahtani, Almalki A., Almalki H., Alamri, Aburass, Althumali), Taif University, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullatif A. Almalki
From the Department of Medicine (Mubaraki), and from the College of Medicine (Alqahtani, Almalki A., Almalki H., Alamri, Aburass, Althumali), Taif University, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ahmed H. Almalki
From the Department of Medicine (Mubaraki), and from the College of Medicine (Alqahtani, Almalki A., Almalki H., Alamri, Aburass, Althumali), Taif University, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Hamdan M. Alamri
From the Department of Medicine (Mubaraki), and from the College of Medicine (Alqahtani, Almalki A., Almalki H., Alamri, Aburass, Althumali), Taif University, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mishaal K. Aburass
From the Department of Medicine (Mubaraki), and from the College of Medicine (Alqahtani, Almalki A., Almalki H., Alamri, Aburass, Althumali), Taif University, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Zeyad H. Althumali
From the Department of Medicine (Mubaraki), and from the College of Medicine (Alqahtani, Almalki A., Almalki H., Alamri, Aburass, Althumali), Taif University, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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