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Urological knowledge among primary health care physicians in Saudi Arabia

Anmar M. Nassir, Abdulaziz Baazeem, Hesham Saada, Mohamed A. Elkoushy, Hattan Badr, Mawaddah Bahuwyrith, Haitham A. Melebari, Jomanah Nasser and Raed A. Azhar
Saudi Medical Journal May 2019, 40 (5) 483-489; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.5.24080
Anmar M. Nassir
From the Department of Surgery (Nassir, Baazeem), Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, from the Department of Urology (Saada, Elkoushy, Badr), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, from the Department of Internal Medicine (Bahuwyrith, Melebari), King Faisal General Hospital, Makkah; from the Faculty of Medicine (Nasser), and from the Department of Urology (Azhar) King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulaziz Baazeem
From the Department of Surgery (Nassir, Baazeem), Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, from the Department of Urology (Saada, Elkoushy, Badr), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, from the Department of Internal Medicine (Bahuwyrith, Melebari), King Faisal General Hospital, Makkah; from the Faculty of Medicine (Nasser), and from the Department of Urology (Azhar) King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hesham Saada
From the Department of Surgery (Nassir, Baazeem), Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, from the Department of Urology (Saada, Elkoushy, Badr), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, from the Department of Internal Medicine (Bahuwyrith, Melebari), King Faisal General Hospital, Makkah; from the Faculty of Medicine (Nasser), and from the Department of Urology (Azhar) King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohamed A. Elkoushy
From the Department of Surgery (Nassir, Baazeem), Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, from the Department of Urology (Saada, Elkoushy, Badr), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, from the Department of Internal Medicine (Bahuwyrith, Melebari), King Faisal General Hospital, Makkah; from the Faculty of Medicine (Nasser), and from the Department of Urology (Azhar) King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hattan Badr
From the Department of Surgery (Nassir, Baazeem), Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, from the Department of Urology (Saada, Elkoushy, Badr), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, from the Department of Internal Medicine (Bahuwyrith, Melebari), King Faisal General Hospital, Makkah; from the Faculty of Medicine (Nasser), and from the Department of Urology (Azhar) King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mawaddah Bahuwyrith
From the Department of Surgery (Nassir, Baazeem), Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, from the Department of Urology (Saada, Elkoushy, Badr), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, from the Department of Internal Medicine (Bahuwyrith, Melebari), King Faisal General Hospital, Makkah; from the Faculty of Medicine (Nasser), and from the Department of Urology (Azhar) King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Haitham A. Melebari
From the Department of Surgery (Nassir, Baazeem), Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, from the Department of Urology (Saada, Elkoushy, Badr), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, from the Department of Internal Medicine (Bahuwyrith, Melebari), King Faisal General Hospital, Makkah; from the Faculty of Medicine (Nasser), and from the Department of Urology (Azhar) King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Jomanah Nasser
From the Department of Surgery (Nassir, Baazeem), Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, from the Department of Urology (Saada, Elkoushy, Badr), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, from the Department of Internal Medicine (Bahuwyrith, Melebari), King Faisal General Hospital, Makkah; from the Faculty of Medicine (Nasser), and from the Department of Urology (Azhar) King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Raed A. Azhar
From the Department of Surgery (Nassir, Baazeem), Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, from the Department of Urology (Saada, Elkoushy, Badr), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, from the Department of Internal Medicine (Bahuwyrith, Melebari), King Faisal General Hospital, Makkah; from the Faculty of Medicine (Nasser), and from the Department of Urology (Azhar) King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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