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Prevalence of gastro-esophageal reflux in diabetic patients at a tertiary hospital in Central Saudi Arabia

Fatimah M. AlTassan, Saad S. Al-Khowaiter, Haneen E. Alsubki, Wateen A. Alhamoud, Ameera K. Niazi and Badr M. AlJarallah
Saudi Medical Journal February 2020, 41 (2) 151-156; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.2.24844
Fatimah M. AlTassan
From the College of Medicine (AlTassan, Alsubki, Alhamoud, Niazi); from the Division of Gastroenterology (Al-Khowaiter), King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, and from the Division of Hepatology and Gastroenterology (AlJarallah), Qassim University Medical City, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Saad S. Al-Khowaiter
From the College of Medicine (AlTassan, Alsubki, Alhamoud, Niazi); from the Division of Gastroenterology (Al-Khowaiter), King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, and from the Division of Hepatology and Gastroenterology (AlJarallah), Qassim University Medical City, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Haneen E. Alsubki
From the College of Medicine (AlTassan, Alsubki, Alhamoud, Niazi); from the Division of Gastroenterology (Al-Khowaiter), King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, and from the Division of Hepatology and Gastroenterology (AlJarallah), Qassim University Medical City, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Wateen A. Alhamoud
From the College of Medicine (AlTassan, Alsubki, Alhamoud, Niazi); from the Division of Gastroenterology (Al-Khowaiter), King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, and from the Division of Hepatology and Gastroenterology (AlJarallah), Qassim University Medical City, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ameera K. Niazi
From the College of Medicine (AlTassan, Alsubki, Alhamoud, Niazi); from the Division of Gastroenterology (Al-Khowaiter), King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, and from the Division of Hepatology and Gastroenterology (AlJarallah), Qassim University Medical City, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Badr M. AlJarallah
From the College of Medicine (AlTassan, Alsubki, Alhamoud, Niazi); from the Division of Gastroenterology (Al-Khowaiter), King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, and from the Division of Hepatology and Gastroenterology (AlJarallah), Qassim University Medical City, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Medical Journal Feb 2020, 41 (2) 151-156; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2020.2.24844
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