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Pancreatic tuberculosis in immunocompetent patients

At the University Hospital in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Faisal A. Alsaif, Mazen M. Hassanain, Abdulrahman M. Aljebreen, Abdulsalam B. Alsharaabi, Faisal A. Alalem, Reem A. Alharbi, Fatima S. Ali, Hend K. Idriss and Ola A. Alkhalaf
Saudi Medical Journal October 2019, 40 (10) 1052-1057; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.10.24245
Faisal A. Alsaif
From the Department of Surgery (Alsaif, Hassanain, Alsharaabi, Alalem, Idriss), from Department of Medicine (Aljebreen), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Clinical Science Department (Alharbi), Princess Nourah Bint Abdul Rahman University; and from the Department of Medicine, (Ali, Alkhalaf), Almaarefa University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mazen M. Hassanain
From the Department of Surgery (Alsaif, Hassanain, Alsharaabi, Alalem, Idriss), from Department of Medicine (Aljebreen), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Clinical Science Department (Alharbi), Princess Nourah Bint Abdul Rahman University; and from the Department of Medicine, (Ali, Alkhalaf), Almaarefa University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulrahman M. Aljebreen
From the Department of Surgery (Alsaif, Hassanain, Alsharaabi, Alalem, Idriss), from Department of Medicine (Aljebreen), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Clinical Science Department (Alharbi), Princess Nourah Bint Abdul Rahman University; and from the Department of Medicine, (Ali, Alkhalaf), Almaarefa University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulsalam B. Alsharaabi
From the Department of Surgery (Alsaif, Hassanain, Alsharaabi, Alalem, Idriss), from Department of Medicine (Aljebreen), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Clinical Science Department (Alharbi), Princess Nourah Bint Abdul Rahman University; and from the Department of Medicine, (Ali, Alkhalaf), Almaarefa University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Faisal A. Alalem
From the Department of Surgery (Alsaif, Hassanain, Alsharaabi, Alalem, Idriss), from Department of Medicine (Aljebreen), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Clinical Science Department (Alharbi), Princess Nourah Bint Abdul Rahman University; and from the Department of Medicine, (Ali, Alkhalaf), Almaarefa University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Reem A. Alharbi
From the Department of Surgery (Alsaif, Hassanain, Alsharaabi, Alalem, Idriss), from Department of Medicine (Aljebreen), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Clinical Science Department (Alharbi), Princess Nourah Bint Abdul Rahman University; and from the Department of Medicine, (Ali, Alkhalaf), Almaarefa University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Fatima S. Ali
From the Department of Surgery (Alsaif, Hassanain, Alsharaabi, Alalem, Idriss), from Department of Medicine (Aljebreen), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Clinical Science Department (Alharbi), Princess Nourah Bint Abdul Rahman University; and from the Department of Medicine, (Ali, Alkhalaf), Almaarefa University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hend K. Idriss
From the Department of Surgery (Alsaif, Hassanain, Alsharaabi, Alalem, Idriss), from Department of Medicine (Aljebreen), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Clinical Science Department (Alharbi), Princess Nourah Bint Abdul Rahman University; and from the Department of Medicine, (Ali, Alkhalaf), Almaarefa University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ola A. Alkhalaf
From the Department of Surgery (Alsaif, Hassanain, Alsharaabi, Alalem, Idriss), from Department of Medicine (Aljebreen), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Clinical Science Department (Alharbi), Princess Nourah Bint Abdul Rahman University; and from the Department of Medicine, (Ali, Alkhalaf), Almaarefa University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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