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Quality of life assessment among patients suffering from different dermatological diseases

Hend M. AlOtaibi, Nuha A. AlFurayh, Bayan M. AlNooh, Nouf A. Aljomah and Sadeem M. Alqahtani
Saudi Medical Journal November 2021, 42 (11) 1195-1200; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.11.20210560
Hend M. AlOtaibi
From the Department of Dermatology (AlOtaibi, AlFurayh, AlNooh), King Saud University; from the Collage of Medicine (Alqahtani), King Saud University, Riyadh, and from the Department of Dermatology (Aljomah), Armed Forces Hospital, Al-Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Nuha A. AlFurayh
From the Department of Dermatology (AlOtaibi, AlFurayh, AlNooh), King Saud University; from the Collage of Medicine (Alqahtani), King Saud University, Riyadh, and from the Department of Dermatology (Aljomah), Armed Forces Hospital, Al-Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Bayan M. AlNooh
From the Department of Dermatology (AlOtaibi, AlFurayh, AlNooh), King Saud University; from the Collage of Medicine (Alqahtani), King Saud University, Riyadh, and from the Department of Dermatology (Aljomah), Armed Forces Hospital, Al-Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Nouf A. Aljomah
From the Department of Dermatology (AlOtaibi, AlFurayh, AlNooh), King Saud University; from the Collage of Medicine (Alqahtani), King Saud University, Riyadh, and from the Department of Dermatology (Aljomah), Armed Forces Hospital, Al-Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Sadeem M. Alqahtani
From the Department of Dermatology (AlOtaibi, AlFurayh, AlNooh), King Saud University; from the Collage of Medicine (Alqahtani), King Saud University, Riyadh, and from the Department of Dermatology (Aljomah), Armed Forces Hospital, Al-Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Medical Journal Nov 2021, 42 (11) 1195-1200; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2021.42.11.20210560

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