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Diabetic patients in Saudi Arabia

The evaluation of glycemic control measures based on emergency department utilization and the percentages of adherence to the recommended follow-ups for microvascular complications

Saad M. Alshareef, Abdulrahman Y. Aldayel, Mujahed A. AlKhathlan, Khalid O. Alduaij, Fahad G. Alshareef, Mohammed E. Al-Harthi, Abdulaziz A. Aldayel, Asem M. Shadid and Abdulmajeed Bin Dahmash
Saudi Medical Journal March 2019, 40 (3) 271-276; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.3.23968
Saad M. Alshareef
From the Department of Medicine (Alshareef S, Aldayel AY, Alduaij, Alshareef F, Al-Harthi, Aldayel AA, Shadid, Bin Dahmash), Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, and King Abdullah Scholarship Program (AlKhathlan), Ministry of Education, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulrahman Y. Aldayel
From the Department of Medicine (Alshareef S, Aldayel AY, Alduaij, Alshareef F, Al-Harthi, Aldayel AA, Shadid, Bin Dahmash), Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, and King Abdullah Scholarship Program (AlKhathlan), Ministry of Education, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mujahed A. AlKhathlan
From the Department of Medicine (Alshareef S, Aldayel AY, Alduaij, Alshareef F, Al-Harthi, Aldayel AA, Shadid, Bin Dahmash), Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, and King Abdullah Scholarship Program (AlKhathlan), Ministry of Education, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Khalid O. Alduaij
From the Department of Medicine (Alshareef S, Aldayel AY, Alduaij, Alshareef F, Al-Harthi, Aldayel AA, Shadid, Bin Dahmash), Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, and King Abdullah Scholarship Program (AlKhathlan), Ministry of Education, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Fahad G. Alshareef
From the Department of Medicine (Alshareef S, Aldayel AY, Alduaij, Alshareef F, Al-Harthi, Aldayel AA, Shadid, Bin Dahmash), Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, and King Abdullah Scholarship Program (AlKhathlan), Ministry of Education, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed E. Al-Harthi
From the Department of Medicine (Alshareef S, Aldayel AY, Alduaij, Alshareef F, Al-Harthi, Aldayel AA, Shadid, Bin Dahmash), Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, and King Abdullah Scholarship Program (AlKhathlan), Ministry of Education, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulaziz A. Aldayel
From the Department of Medicine (Alshareef S, Aldayel AY, Alduaij, Alshareef F, Al-Harthi, Aldayel AA, Shadid, Bin Dahmash), Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, and King Abdullah Scholarship Program (AlKhathlan), Ministry of Education, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Asem M. Shadid
From the Department of Medicine (Alshareef S, Aldayel AY, Alduaij, Alshareef F, Al-Harthi, Aldayel AA, Shadid, Bin Dahmash), Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, and King Abdullah Scholarship Program (AlKhathlan), Ministry of Education, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulmajeed Bin Dahmash
From the Department of Medicine (Alshareef S, Aldayel AY, Alduaij, Alshareef F, Al-Harthi, Aldayel AA, Shadid, Bin Dahmash), Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, and King Abdullah Scholarship Program (AlKhathlan), Ministry of Education, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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