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Prevalence of post-COVID symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder in Saudi Arabia

Mohammed A. Alblowi, Waleed M. Alkhammash, Thamer M. Alzahrani, Mohammed H. Hakeem, Saeed A. Alsarar, Abdulhadi A. Alqahtani, Abdulrahman M. Almutairi and Turki H. Al Binhar
Neurosciences Journal January 2023, 28 (1) 27-35; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2023.1.20220068

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