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Chronic diseases among vitiligo patients

A case control study

Abdullah O. Al Houssien, Rana O. Al Houssien, Waleed Al Ajroush and Hassan S. Al Kahtani
Saudi Medical Journal April 2017, 38 (4) 400-404; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.4.17551
Abdullah O. Al Houssien
From King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (Al Houssien A, Al Houssien R), the Department of Dermatology (Al Ajroush, Al Kahtani), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Rana O. Al Houssien
From King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (Al Houssien A, Al Houssien R), the Department of Dermatology (Al Ajroush, Al Kahtani), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Waleed Al Ajroush
From King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (Al Houssien A, Al Houssien R), the Department of Dermatology (Al Ajroush, Al Kahtani), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hassan S. Al Kahtani
From King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (Al Houssien A, Al Houssien R), the Department of Dermatology (Al Ajroush, Al Kahtani), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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