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Efficacy and safety of rituximab in patients with multiple sclerosis

An observational study at a tertiary center in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Yassir M. Almatrafi, Mohammed A. Babakkor, Muhammed Irfan, Ebaa T. Samkari, Waleed M. Alzahrani, Doaa K. Mohorjy, Sarmad Zahoor, Muhammad T. Farooq and Hafiz M. Sajid Jehangir
Neurosciences Journal April 2022, 27 (2) 65-70; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2022.2.20210122
Yassir M. Almatrafi
From the Department of Neurology (Almatrafi, Babakkor, Irfan, Samkari, Alzahrani), from Research centre (Mohorjy), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, from Punjab Institute of Cardiology (Zahoor), Lahore, Pakistan
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Mohammed A. Babakkor
From the Department of Neurology (Almatrafi, Babakkor, Irfan, Samkari, Alzahrani), from Research centre (Mohorjy), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, from Punjab Institute of Cardiology (Zahoor), Lahore, Pakistan
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Muhammed Irfan
From the Department of Neurology (Almatrafi, Babakkor, Irfan, Samkari, Alzahrani), from Research centre (Mohorjy), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, from Punjab Institute of Cardiology (Zahoor), Lahore, Pakistan
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Ebaa T. Samkari
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Waleed M. Alzahrani
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Doaa K. Mohorjy
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Sarmad Zahoor
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Hafiz M. Sajid Jehangir
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vol. 27 no. 2 65-70
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2022.2.20210122
PubMed 
35477910

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1658-3183
History 
  • Received October 13, 2021
  • Accepted March 15, 2022
  • Published online April 26, 2022.

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Copyright: © Neurosciences Neurosciences is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

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  1. Yassir M. Almatrafi, MD,
  2. Mohammed A. Babakkor, MD,
  3. Muhammed Irfan, FCPS,
  4. Ebaa T. Samkari, MD,
  5. Waleed M. Alzahrani, MD,
  6. Doaa K. Mohorjy, MSPH,
  7. Sarmad Zahoor, MBBS⇑,
  8. Muhammad T. Farooq, MBBS and
  9. Hafiz M. Sajid Jehangir, FCPS
  1. From the Department of Neurology (Almatrafi, Babakkor, Irfan, Samkari, Alzahrani), from Research centre (Mohorjy), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, from Punjab Institute of Cardiology (Zahoor), Lahore, Pakistan
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Sarmad Zahoor, Punjab Institute of Cardiology, Lahore, Pakistan. E-mail: drsarmadzahoor{at}gmail.com ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1964-2655
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