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Completeness of adverse drug reactions reports of the Saudi adverse event reporting system

Thamir M. Alshammari, Wa’ad H. Al-Kathiri, Hervé Le Louet and Hisham S. Aljadhey
Saudi Medical Journal July 2015, 36 (7) 821-828; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.7.11751
Thamir M. Alshammari
From the Department of Clinical Pharmacy (Alshammari), College of Pharmacy, University of Hail, Hail, the Medication Safety Research Chair (Alshammari, Aljadhey), College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, the Department of Clinical Pharmacy (Al-Kathiri, Aljadhey), College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, the Pharmacy Service (Al-Kathiri, Aljadhey), King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Pharmacovigilance Department (Le Louet), Henri Mondor University Hospital (AP-HP), Créteil, France
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Wa’ad H. Al-Kathiri
From the Department of Clinical Pharmacy (Alshammari), College of Pharmacy, University of Hail, Hail, the Medication Safety Research Chair (Alshammari, Aljadhey), College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, the Department of Clinical Pharmacy (Al-Kathiri, Aljadhey), College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, the Pharmacy Service (Al-Kathiri, Aljadhey), King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Pharmacovigilance Department (Le Louet), Henri Mondor University Hospital (AP-HP), Créteil, France
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Hervé Le Louet
From the Department of Clinical Pharmacy (Alshammari), College of Pharmacy, University of Hail, Hail, the Medication Safety Research Chair (Alshammari, Aljadhey), College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, the Department of Clinical Pharmacy (Al-Kathiri, Aljadhey), College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, the Pharmacy Service (Al-Kathiri, Aljadhey), King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Pharmacovigilance Department (Le Louet), Henri Mondor University Hospital (AP-HP), Créteil, France
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Hisham S. Aljadhey
From the Department of Clinical Pharmacy (Alshammari), College of Pharmacy, University of Hail, Hail, the Medication Safety Research Chair (Alshammari, Aljadhey), College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, the Department of Clinical Pharmacy (Al-Kathiri, Aljadhey), College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, the Pharmacy Service (Al-Kathiri, Aljadhey), King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Pharmacovigilance Department (Le Louet), Henri Mondor University Hospital (AP-HP), Créteil, France
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