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Outcomes of multidisciplinary team interventions in the management of sickle cell disease patients with opioid use disorders

A retrospective cohort study

Omar Al Zahrani, Ehab Hanafy, Osama Mukhtar, Ashraf Sanad and Wael Yassin
Saudi Medical Journal October 2020, 41 (10) 1104-1110; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.10.25386
Omar Al Zahrani
From Prince Sultan Oncology Center (Al Zahrani, Hanafy, Mukhtar, Yassin), and from the Department of Psychiatry (Sanad), King Salman North West Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ehab Hanafy
From Prince Sultan Oncology Center (Al Zahrani, Hanafy, Mukhtar, Yassin), and from the Department of Psychiatry (Sanad), King Salman North West Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Osama Mukhtar
From Prince Sultan Oncology Center (Al Zahrani, Hanafy, Mukhtar, Yassin), and from the Department of Psychiatry (Sanad), King Salman North West Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ashraf Sanad
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Wael Yassin
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