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Metastatic 4S neuroblastoma with excellent outcome in Saudi cancer center

Waheed A. AlZhrani, Naglla A. Elimam, Abeer S. Almehdar, Saeed M. Bassem, Daniah E. Abdullatif, Khursheed D. Ahmed and Abdullah A. Baothman
Saudi Medical Journal December 2021, 42 (12) 1353-1356; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.12.20210658
Waheed A. AlZhrani
From the Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Oncology Department (AlZhrani, Elimam, Basim, Abdullatif, Ahmed, Baothman) and from the Radiology Department (Almehdar), Princess Norah Oncology Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Naglla A. Elimam
From the Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Oncology Department (AlZhrani, Elimam, Basim, Abdullatif, Ahmed, Baothman) and from the Radiology Department (Almehdar), Princess Norah Oncology Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abeer S. Almehdar
From the Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Oncology Department (AlZhrani, Elimam, Basim, Abdullatif, Ahmed, Baothman) and from the Radiology Department (Almehdar), Princess Norah Oncology Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Saeed M. Bassem
From the Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Oncology Department (AlZhrani, Elimam, Basim, Abdullatif, Ahmed, Baothman) and from the Radiology Department (Almehdar), Princess Norah Oncology Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Daniah E. Abdullatif
From the Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Oncology Department (AlZhrani, Elimam, Basim, Abdullatif, Ahmed, Baothman) and from the Radiology Department (Almehdar), Princess Norah Oncology Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Khursheed D. Ahmed
From the Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Oncology Department (AlZhrani, Elimam, Basim, Abdullatif, Ahmed, Baothman) and from the Radiology Department (Almehdar), Princess Norah Oncology Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah A. Baothman
From the Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Oncology Department (AlZhrani, Elimam, Basim, Abdullatif, Ahmed, Baothman) and from the Radiology Department (Almehdar), Princess Norah Oncology Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Waheed A. AlZhrani, Naglla A. Elimam, Abeer S. Almehdar, Saeed M. Bassem, Daniah E. Abdullatif, Khursheed D. Ahmed, Abdullah A. Baothman
Saudi Medical Journal Dec 2021, 42 (12) 1353-1356; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2021.42.12.20210658

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Waheed A. AlZhrani, Naglla A. Elimam, Abeer S. Almehdar, Saeed M. Bassem, Daniah E. Abdullatif, Khursheed D. Ahmed, Abdullah A. Baothman
Saudi Medical Journal Dec 2021, 42 (12) 1353-1356; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2021.42.12.20210658
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