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Association of acute stress with multiple sclerosis onset and relapse in Saudi Arabia

Anwar S. AlZahrani, Foziah J. Alshamrani, Fahd A. Al-Khamis, Abdulla A. Al-Sulaiman, Walaa S. Al Ghamdi, Omar A. Al Ghamdi, Maryam Y. Mohammad, Mashail S. Alshayea, Razan A. Alhazmi and Mohamed A. Alkhaja
Saudi Medical Journal April 2019, 40 (4) 372-378; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.4.24010
Anwar S. AlZahrani
From the College of Medicine (Alzahrani, Al Ghamdi W, Al Ghamdi O, Mohammad, Alshayea), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahad Hospital of the University, Al Khobar; from the Neurology Department (Alshamrani, Al-Khamis, Al-Sulaiman), King Fahad Hospital of the University, Al Khobar; from the Neurosciences Department (Alkhaja), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh; and from the Neurology Department (Alhazmi), King Fahad General Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Foziah J. Alshamrani
From the College of Medicine (Alzahrani, Al Ghamdi W, Al Ghamdi O, Mohammad, Alshayea), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahad Hospital of the University, Al Khobar; from the Neurology Department (Alshamrani, Al-Khamis, Al-Sulaiman), King Fahad Hospital of the University, Al Khobar; from the Neurosciences Department (Alkhaja), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh; and from the Neurology Department (Alhazmi), King Fahad General Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Fahd A. Al-Khamis
From the College of Medicine (Alzahrani, Al Ghamdi W, Al Ghamdi O, Mohammad, Alshayea), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahad Hospital of the University, Al Khobar; from the Neurology Department (Alshamrani, Al-Khamis, Al-Sulaiman), King Fahad Hospital of the University, Al Khobar; from the Neurosciences Department (Alkhaja), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh; and from the Neurology Department (Alhazmi), King Fahad General Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulla A. Al-Sulaiman
From the College of Medicine (Alzahrani, Al Ghamdi W, Al Ghamdi O, Mohammad, Alshayea), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahad Hospital of the University, Al Khobar; from the Neurology Department (Alshamrani, Al-Khamis, Al-Sulaiman), King Fahad Hospital of the University, Al Khobar; from the Neurosciences Department (Alkhaja), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh; and from the Neurology Department (Alhazmi), King Fahad General Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Walaa S. Al Ghamdi
From the College of Medicine (Alzahrani, Al Ghamdi W, Al Ghamdi O, Mohammad, Alshayea), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahad Hospital of the University, Al Khobar; from the Neurology Department (Alshamrani, Al-Khamis, Al-Sulaiman), King Fahad Hospital of the University, Al Khobar; from the Neurosciences Department (Alkhaja), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh; and from the Neurology Department (Alhazmi), King Fahad General Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Omar A. Al Ghamdi
From the College of Medicine (Alzahrani, Al Ghamdi W, Al Ghamdi O, Mohammad, Alshayea), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahad Hospital of the University, Al Khobar; from the Neurology Department (Alshamrani, Al-Khamis, Al-Sulaiman), King Fahad Hospital of the University, Al Khobar; from the Neurosciences Department (Alkhaja), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh; and from the Neurology Department (Alhazmi), King Fahad General Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Maryam Y. Mohammad
From the College of Medicine (Alzahrani, Al Ghamdi W, Al Ghamdi O, Mohammad, Alshayea), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahad Hospital of the University, Al Khobar; from the Neurology Department (Alshamrani, Al-Khamis, Al-Sulaiman), King Fahad Hospital of the University, Al Khobar; from the Neurosciences Department (Alkhaja), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh; and from the Neurology Department (Alhazmi), King Fahad General Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mashail S. Alshayea
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Razan A. Alhazmi
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Mohamed A. Alkhaja
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vol. 40 no. 4 372-378
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.4.24010
PubMed 
30957131

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Saudi Medical Journal
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1658-3175
History 
  • Received January 19, 2019
  • Accepted February 14, 2019
  • Published online April 1, 2019.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Author Information

  1. Anwar S. AlZahrani, MBBS⇑,
  2. Foziah J. Alshamrani, MD,
  3. Fahd A. Al-Khamis, MD,
  4. Abdulla A. Al-Sulaiman, MD,
  5. Walaa S. Al Ghamdi, MBBS,
  6. Omar A. Al Ghamdi, MBBS,
  7. Maryam Y. Mohammad, MBBS,
  8. Mashail S. Alshayea, MBBS,
  9. Razan A. Alhazmi, MBBS and
  10. Mohamed A. Alkhaja, SBN, FEBN
  1. From the College of Medicine (Alzahrani, Al Ghamdi W, Al Ghamdi O, Mohammad, Alshayea), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahad Hospital of the University, Al Khobar; from the Neurology Department (Alshamrani, Al-Khamis, Al-Sulaiman), King Fahad Hospital of the University, Al Khobar; from the Neurosciences Department (Alkhaja), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh; and from the Neurology Department (Alhazmi), King Fahad General Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Anwar S. AlZahrani, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, King Fahad Hospital of the University, Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: anwarszahrani{at}gmail.com ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1041-0276
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