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Risk factors for hospital admission among COVID-19 patients with diabetes

A study from Saudi Arabia

Ayman A. Al Hayek, Asirvatham A. Robert, Abdullah Bin Matar, Ali Algarni, Haneen Alkubedan, Turki Alharbi, Afrah Al Amro, Seham A. Alrashidi and Mohamed Al Dawish
Saudi Medical Journal October 2020, 41 (10) 1090-1097; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.10.25419
Ayman A. Al Hayek
From the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes (Al Hayek, Robert, Al Dawish), Diabetes Treatment Center; from the Department of Medicine (Bin Matar, Algarni, Alkubedan, Alharbi, Alrashidi); and from the Department of Information and Communication Technology (Al Amro), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Asirvatham A. Robert
From the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes (Al Hayek, Robert, Al Dawish), Diabetes Treatment Center; from the Department of Medicine (Bin Matar, Algarni, Alkubedan, Alharbi, Alrashidi); and from the Department of Information and Communication Technology (Al Amro), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdullah Bin Matar
From the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes (Al Hayek, Robert, Al Dawish), Diabetes Treatment Center; from the Department of Medicine (Bin Matar, Algarni, Alkubedan, Alharbi, Alrashidi); and from the Department of Information and Communication Technology (Al Amro), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ali Algarni
From the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes (Al Hayek, Robert, Al Dawish), Diabetes Treatment Center; from the Department of Medicine (Bin Matar, Algarni, Alkubedan, Alharbi, Alrashidi); and from the Department of Information and Communication Technology (Al Amro), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Haneen Alkubedan
From the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes (Al Hayek, Robert, Al Dawish), Diabetes Treatment Center; from the Department of Medicine (Bin Matar, Algarni, Alkubedan, Alharbi, Alrashidi); and from the Department of Information and Communication Technology (Al Amro), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Turki Alharbi
From the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes (Al Hayek, Robert, Al Dawish), Diabetes Treatment Center; from the Department of Medicine (Bin Matar, Algarni, Alkubedan, Alharbi, Alrashidi); and from the Department of Information and Communication Technology (Al Amro), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Afrah Al Amro
From the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes (Al Hayek, Robert, Al Dawish), Diabetes Treatment Center; from the Department of Medicine (Bin Matar, Algarni, Alkubedan, Alharbi, Alrashidi); and from the Department of Information and Communication Technology (Al Amro), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Seham A. Alrashidi
From the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes (Al Hayek, Robert, Al Dawish), Diabetes Treatment Center; from the Department of Medicine (Bin Matar, Algarni, Alkubedan, Alharbi, Alrashidi); and from the Department of Information and Communication Technology (Al Amro), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohamed Al Dawish
From the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes (Al Hayek, Robert, Al Dawish), Diabetes Treatment Center; from the Department of Medicine (Bin Matar, Algarni, Alkubedan, Alharbi, Alrashidi); and from the Department of Information and Communication Technology (Al Amro), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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