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Sociodemographic and clinical predictors of refractory type 2 diabetes patients

Findings from a case-control study

Turki J. Alharbi, Ayla M. Tourkmani, Abdulaziz Bin Rsheed, Abood F. Al Abood and Yasser K. Alotaibi
Saudi Medical Journal February 2021, 42 (2) 181-188; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.2.25694
Turki J. Alharbi
From the Family and Community Medicine Department (Alharbi, Tourkmani, Bin Rsheed, Al Abood), Chronic Illness Center, Prince Sultan Military Medical City; and from the Department of Quality and Patient Safety (Alotaibi), Armed Forces Medical Services Directorate, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ayla M. Tourkmani
From the Family and Community Medicine Department (Alharbi, Tourkmani, Bin Rsheed, Al Abood), Chronic Illness Center, Prince Sultan Military Medical City; and from the Department of Quality and Patient Safety (Alotaibi), Armed Forces Medical Services Directorate, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulaziz Bin Rsheed
From the Family and Community Medicine Department (Alharbi, Tourkmani, Bin Rsheed, Al Abood), Chronic Illness Center, Prince Sultan Military Medical City; and from the Department of Quality and Patient Safety (Alotaibi), Armed Forces Medical Services Directorate, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abood F. Al Abood
From the Family and Community Medicine Department (Alharbi, Tourkmani, Bin Rsheed, Al Abood), Chronic Illness Center, Prince Sultan Military Medical City; and from the Department of Quality and Patient Safety (Alotaibi), Armed Forces Medical Services Directorate, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Yasser K. Alotaibi
From the Family and Community Medicine Department (Alharbi, Tourkmani, Bin Rsheed, Al Abood), Chronic Illness Center, Prince Sultan Military Medical City; and from the Department of Quality and Patient Safety (Alotaibi), Armed Forces Medical Services Directorate, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Turki J. Alharbi, Ayla M. Tourkmani, Abdulaziz Bin Rsheed, Abood F. Al Abood, Yasser K. Alotaibi
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