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Impact of depression and fatigue on relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Foziah J. Alshamrani, Mohammed F. Almuaigel, Fahd A. Alkhamis, Abdullah A. Alsulaiman, Noor M. AlMohish, Abdullah F. Albuhassah, Anwar S. AlZahrani and Ashraf A. Mahmoud Zaher
Saudi Medical Journal March 2020, 41 (3) 290-295; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.3.24910
Foziah J. Alshamrani
From the Department of Neurology (Alshamrani, Alkhamis, Alsulaiman), College of Medicine Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahad University Hospital; from the College of Medicine (Almuaigel, AlMohish), from the Department of Neurology (Zaher) College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al Ahsa, from the Department of Orthopedic (Albuhassah), King Fahad Hospital, Al Hofuf; and from the College of Medicine (AlZahrani) Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed F. Almuaigel
From the Department of Neurology (Alshamrani, Alkhamis, Alsulaiman), College of Medicine Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahad University Hospital; from the College of Medicine (Almuaigel, AlMohish), from the Department of Neurology (Zaher) College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al Ahsa, from the Department of Orthopedic (Albuhassah), King Fahad Hospital, Al Hofuf; and from the College of Medicine (AlZahrani) Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Fahd A. Alkhamis
From the Department of Neurology (Alshamrani, Alkhamis, Alsulaiman), College of Medicine Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahad University Hospital; from the College of Medicine (Almuaigel, AlMohish), from the Department of Neurology (Zaher) College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al Ahsa, from the Department of Orthopedic (Albuhassah), King Fahad Hospital, Al Hofuf; and from the College of Medicine (AlZahrani) Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdullah A. Alsulaiman
From the Department of Neurology (Alshamrani, Alkhamis, Alsulaiman), College of Medicine Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahad University Hospital; from the College of Medicine (Almuaigel, AlMohish), from the Department of Neurology (Zaher) College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al Ahsa, from the Department of Orthopedic (Albuhassah), King Fahad Hospital, Al Hofuf; and from the College of Medicine (AlZahrani) Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Noor M. AlMohish
From the Department of Neurology (Alshamrani, Alkhamis, Alsulaiman), College of Medicine Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahad University Hospital; from the College of Medicine (Almuaigel, AlMohish), from the Department of Neurology (Zaher) College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al Ahsa, from the Department of Orthopedic (Albuhassah), King Fahad Hospital, Al Hofuf; and from the College of Medicine (AlZahrani) Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdullah F. Albuhassah
From the Department of Neurology (Alshamrani, Alkhamis, Alsulaiman), College of Medicine Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahad University Hospital; from the College of Medicine (Almuaigel, AlMohish), from the Department of Neurology (Zaher) College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al Ahsa, from the Department of Orthopedic (Albuhassah), King Fahad Hospital, Al Hofuf; and from the College of Medicine (AlZahrani) Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Anwar S. AlZahrani
From the Department of Neurology (Alshamrani, Alkhamis, Alsulaiman), College of Medicine Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahad University Hospital; from the College of Medicine (Almuaigel, AlMohish), from the Department of Neurology (Zaher) College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al Ahsa, from the Department of Orthopedic (Albuhassah), King Fahad Hospital, Al Hofuf; and from the College of Medicine (AlZahrani) Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ashraf A. Mahmoud Zaher
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