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Level of evidence of abdominal surgery clinical research in Saudi Arabia

Yazid Maghrabi, Muad S. Baeesa, Jawaher Kattan, Abdulmalik Altaf and Saleh S. Baeesa
Saudi Medical Journal August 2017, 38 (8) 788-793; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.8.18456
Yazid Maghrabi
From the Division of Neurosurgery (Maghrabi, Baeesa M), Department of Surgery (Kattan, Altaf), Faculty of Medicine (Baeesa S), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Muad S. Baeesa
From the Division of Neurosurgery (Maghrabi, Baeesa M), Department of Surgery (Kattan, Altaf), Faculty of Medicine (Baeesa S), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Jawaher Kattan
From the Division of Neurosurgery (Maghrabi, Baeesa M), Department of Surgery (Kattan, Altaf), Faculty of Medicine (Baeesa S), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulmalik Altaf
From the Division of Neurosurgery (Maghrabi, Baeesa M), Department of Surgery (Kattan, Altaf), Faculty of Medicine (Baeesa S), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Saleh S. Baeesa
From the Division of Neurosurgery (Maghrabi, Baeesa M), Department of Surgery (Kattan, Altaf), Faculty of Medicine (Baeesa S), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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