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Rapid implementation of telemedicine in Neurology during the COVID-19 pandemic

Challenges in King Abdulaziz Medical City-Jeddah

Hussein A. Algahtani and Bader H. Shirah
Neurosciences Journal January 2022, 27 (1) 4-9; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2022.1.20210080
Hussein A. Algahtani
From the Neurology Section (Algahtani), Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Algahtani), from the College of Medicine (Algahtani), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from Department of Neuroscience (Shirah), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Bader H. Shirah
From the Neurology Section (Algahtani), Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Algahtani), from the College of Medicine (Algahtani), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from Department of Neuroscience (Shirah), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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