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Viral hepatitis in Saudi Arabia

An unfinished story

Ayman A. Abdo and Faisal M. Sanai
Saudi Medical Journal July 2015, 36 (7) 785-786; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.7.12457
Ayman A. Abdo
From the Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine (Abdo), College of Medicine, the Liver Disease Research Center (Abdo, Sanai), King Saud University, Riyadh, and the Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine (Sanai), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Faisal M. Sanai
From the Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine (Abdo), College of Medicine, the Liver Disease Research Center (Abdo, Sanai), King Saud University, Riyadh, and the Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine (Sanai), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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