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Molecular subtypes of breast carcinoma in Saudi Arabia

A retrospective study

Norah A. Alnegheimish, Razan A. Alshatwi, Reem M. Alhefdhi, Maha M. Arafah, Ammar C. AlRikabi and Sufia Husain
Saudi Medical Journal May 2016, 37 (5) 506-512; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.5.15000
Norah A. Alnegheimish
From the Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Student Medical
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Razan A. Alshatwi
From the Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Reem M. Alhefdhi
From the Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Maha M. Arafah
From the Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ammar C. AlRikabi
From the Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Sufia Husain
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vol. 37 no. 5 506-512
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.5.15000
PubMed 
27146612

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received December 30, 2015
  • Accepted March 9, 2016
  • Published online May 1, 2016.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Author Information

  1. Norah A. Alnegheimish, Student Medical,
  2. Razan A. Alshatwi, Student Medical,
  3. Reem M. Alhefdhi, Medical Student,
  4. Maha M. Arafah, MD, KSUFP,
  5. Ammar C. AlRikabi, MD, FRCPath and
  6. Sufia Husain, MD, FRCPath⇑
  1. From the Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Sufia Husain, Assistant Professor and Consultant, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: sufiahusain{at}hotmail.com
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