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The association between diabetes and depression

Essmat M. Gemeay, Salma A. Moawed, Essmat A. Mansour, Nagat E. Ebrahiem, Ihab M. Moussa and Wafaa O. Nadrah
Saudi Medical Journal October 2015, 36 (10) 1210-1215; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.10.11944
Essmat M. Gemeay
From the Department of Community Psychiatric Nursing (Gemeay), the Maternity & Child Health Care Nursing Department (Moawed), College of Nursing, the Department of Medical Surgical Nursing (Mansour, Ebrahiem), the Department of Microbiology (Moussa), College of Science, King Saud University, and the Family Medicine Department (Nadrah), Al-Solimania Primary Health Care Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the College of Nursing (Gemeay), Tanta University, Al Gharbiyah Governorate, and the Medical Surgical Nursing Department (Ebrahiem), Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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Salma A. Moawed
From the Department of Community Psychiatric Nursing (Gemeay), the Maternity & Child Health Care Nursing Department (Moawed), College of Nursing, the Department of Medical Surgical Nursing (Mansour, Ebrahiem), the Department of Microbiology (Moussa), College of Science, King Saud University, and the Family Medicine Department (Nadrah), Al-Solimania Primary Health Care Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the College of Nursing (Gemeay), Tanta University, Al Gharbiyah Governorate, and the Medical Surgical Nursing Department (Ebrahiem), Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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Essmat A. Mansour
From the Department of Community Psychiatric Nursing (Gemeay), the Maternity & Child Health Care Nursing Department (Moawed), College of Nursing, the Department of Medical Surgical Nursing (Mansour, Ebrahiem), the Department of Microbiology (Moussa), College of Science, King Saud University, and the Family Medicine Department (Nadrah), Al-Solimania Primary Health Care Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the College of Nursing (Gemeay), Tanta University, Al Gharbiyah Governorate, and the Medical Surgical Nursing Department (Ebrahiem), Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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Nagat E. Ebrahiem
From the Department of Community Psychiatric Nursing (Gemeay), the Maternity & Child Health Care Nursing Department (Moawed), College of Nursing, the Department of Medical Surgical Nursing (Mansour, Ebrahiem), the Department of Microbiology (Moussa), College of Science, King Saud University, and the Family Medicine Department (Nadrah), Al-Solimania Primary Health Care Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the College of Nursing (Gemeay), Tanta University, Al Gharbiyah Governorate, and the Medical Surgical Nursing Department (Ebrahiem), Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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Ihab M. Moussa
From the Department of Community Psychiatric Nursing (Gemeay), the Maternity & Child Health Care Nursing Department (Moawed), College of Nursing, the Department of Medical Surgical Nursing (Mansour, Ebrahiem), the Department of Microbiology (Moussa), College of Science, King Saud University, and the Family Medicine Department (Nadrah), Al-Solimania Primary Health Care Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the College of Nursing (Gemeay), Tanta University, Al Gharbiyah Governorate, and the Medical Surgical Nursing Department (Ebrahiem), Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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Wafaa O. Nadrah
From the Department of Community Psychiatric Nursing (Gemeay), the Maternity & Child Health Care Nursing Department (Moawed), College of Nursing, the Department of Medical Surgical Nursing (Mansour, Ebrahiem), the Department of Microbiology (Moussa), College of Science, King Saud University, and the Family Medicine Department (Nadrah), Al-Solimania Primary Health Care Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the College of Nursing (Gemeay), Tanta University, Al Gharbiyah Governorate, and the Medical Surgical Nursing Department (Ebrahiem), Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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