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Recurrence rate of scabies in patients 14 years or older in Saudi Arabia

Anwar E. Ahmed, Hamdan AL-Jahdali, Hoda Jradi, Bashayr I. ALMuqbil, Doaa A. AlBuraikan, Monirah A. Albaijan, Yosra Z. Ali and Ali M. Al Shehri
Saudi Medical Journal December 2019, 40 (12) 1267-1271; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.12.24773
Anwar E. Ahmed
From King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (Ahmed, AL-Jahdali, Jardi, AlMuqbil, AlBuraikan, Albaijan, Al Sherhri), from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (AL-Jahdali); and from the Ministry of the National Guard-Health Affairs (Ali), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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From King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (Ahmed, AL-Jahdali, Jardi, AlMuqbil, AlBuraikan, Albaijan, Al Sherhri), from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (AL-Jahdali); and from the Ministry of the National Guard-Health Affairs (Ali), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hoda Jradi
From King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (Ahmed, AL-Jahdali, Jardi, AlMuqbil, AlBuraikan, Albaijan, Al Sherhri), from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (AL-Jahdali); and from the Ministry of the National Guard-Health Affairs (Ali), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Bashayr I. ALMuqbil
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Doaa A. AlBuraikan
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Monirah A. Albaijan
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Yosra Z. Ali
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Ali M. Al Shehri
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