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Does fasting in Ramadan increase the risk of developing urinary stones?

Abdullah O. Al Mahayni, Sultan S. Alkhateeb, Ibrahim H. Abusaq, Abdullah A. Al Mufarrih, Muath I. Jaafari and Amen A. Bawazir
Saudi Medical Journal May 2018, 39 (5) 481-486; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.5.22160
Abdullah O. Al Mahayni
From the College of Medicine (Al Mahayni, Jaafari), from the College of Public Health and Health Informatics (Bawazir), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the Department of Urology (Alkhateeb), King Abdulaziz Medical City; from the College of Medicine (Al Mufarrih), Al Maarefa Colleges, Riyadh, and from the College of Medicine (Abu-Saq), King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Sultan S. Alkhateeb
From the College of Medicine (Al Mahayni, Jaafari), from the College of Public Health and Health Informatics (Bawazir), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the Department of Urology (Alkhateeb), King Abdulaziz Medical City; from the College of Medicine (Al Mufarrih), Al Maarefa Colleges, Riyadh, and from the College of Medicine (Abu-Saq), King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ibrahim H. Abusaq
From the College of Medicine (Al Mahayni, Jaafari), from the College of Public Health and Health Informatics (Bawazir), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the Department of Urology (Alkhateeb), King Abdulaziz Medical City; from the College of Medicine (Al Mufarrih), Al Maarefa Colleges, Riyadh, and from the College of Medicine (Abu-Saq), King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdullah A. Al Mufarrih
From the College of Medicine (Al Mahayni, Jaafari), from the College of Public Health and Health Informatics (Bawazir), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the Department of Urology (Alkhateeb), King Abdulaziz Medical City; from the College of Medicine (Al Mufarrih), Al Maarefa Colleges, Riyadh, and from the College of Medicine (Abu-Saq), King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Muath I. Jaafari
From the College of Medicine (Al Mahayni, Jaafari), from the College of Public Health and Health Informatics (Bawazir), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the Department of Urology (Alkhateeb), King Abdulaziz Medical City; from the College of Medicine (Al Mufarrih), Al Maarefa Colleges, Riyadh, and from the College of Medicine (Abu-Saq), King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Amen A. Bawazir
From the College of Medicine (Al Mahayni, Jaafari), from the College of Public Health and Health Informatics (Bawazir), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the Department of Urology (Alkhateeb), King Abdulaziz Medical City; from the College of Medicine (Al Mufarrih), Al Maarefa Colleges, Riyadh, and from the College of Medicine (Abu-Saq), King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Medical Journal May 2018, 39 (5) 481-486; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2018.5.22160

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Saudi Medical Journal May 2018, 39 (5) 481-486; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2018.5.22160
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