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Vision screening services in special needs schools in Western Saudi Arabia

Mohammed R. Algethami, Medical Student, Lina H. Raffa, Rabaa H. Alhibshi, Maha Y. Baabdullah and Abdulrahman H. Alobudi
Saudi Medical Journal April 2019, 40 (4) 385-390; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.4.24076
Mohammed R. Algethami
From the Faculty of Medicine (Algethami, Alhibshi, Baabdullah, Alobudi), King Abdulaziz University, and from the Department of Ophthalmology (Raffa), King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Medical Student
From the Faculty of Medicine (Algethami, Alhibshi, Baabdullah, Alobudi), King Abdulaziz University, and from the Department of Ophthalmology (Raffa), King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Lina H. Raffa
From the Faculty of Medicine (Algethami, Alhibshi, Baabdullah, Alobudi), King Abdulaziz University, and from the Department of Ophthalmology (Raffa), King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MD, PhD
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Rabaa H. Alhibshi
From the Faculty of Medicine (Algethami, Alhibshi, Baabdullah, Alobudi), King Abdulaziz University, and from the Department of Ophthalmology (Raffa), King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Maha Y. Baabdullah
From the Faculty of Medicine (Algethami, Alhibshi, Baabdullah, Alobudi), King Abdulaziz University, and from the Department of Ophthalmology (Raffa), King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulrahman H. Alobudi
From the Faculty of Medicine (Algethami, Alhibshi, Baabdullah, Alobudi), King Abdulaziz University, and from the Department of Ophthalmology (Raffa), King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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