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The effect of smoking on cognition as measured by Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CATNAB) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor plasma levels

Arwa Ali S. Al-Mshari, Mona H. AlSheikh, Rabia Latif and Sadaf Mumtaz
Saudi Medical Journal December 2020, 41 (12) 1308-1314; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.12.25513
Arwa Ali S. Al-Mshari
From the Department of Biomedical Sciences (Al-Mshari), College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa; from the Department of Physiology (AlSheikh, Latif), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Physiology (Mumtaz), Dental College, HITEC-Institute of Medical Sciences, Taxilla, Pakistan
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Mona H. AlSheikh
From the Department of Biomedical Sciences (Al-Mshari), College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa; from the Department of Physiology (AlSheikh, Latif), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Physiology (Mumtaz), Dental College, HITEC-Institute of Medical Sciences, Taxilla, Pakistan
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Rabia Latif
From the Department of Biomedical Sciences (Al-Mshari), College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa; from the Department of Physiology (AlSheikh, Latif), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Physiology (Mumtaz), Dental College, HITEC-Institute of Medical Sciences, Taxilla, Pakistan
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Sadaf Mumtaz
From the Department of Biomedical Sciences (Al-Mshari), College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa; from the Department of Physiology (AlSheikh, Latif), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Physiology (Mumtaz), Dental College, HITEC-Institute of Medical Sciences, Taxilla, Pakistan
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