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The first Saudi baby with classic homocystinuria diagnosed by universal newborn screening

Talal AlAnzi, Fahad J. Al Harbi, Joharah AlFaifii and Sarar Mohamed
Saudi Medical Journal February 2021, 42 (2) 219-222; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.2.25643
Talal AlAnzi
From the Department of Pediatrics (AlAnzi, Mohamed); from the Department of Biochemical laboratory (Al Harbi, AlFaifi), Prince Sultan Military Medical City; from the Prince Abdullah bin Khalid Celiac Disease Research Chair (Mohamed), King Saud University; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Mohamed), College of Medicine, AlFaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Fahad J. Al Harbi
From the Department of Pediatrics (AlAnzi, Mohamed); from the Department of Biochemical laboratory (Al Harbi, AlFaifi), Prince Sultan Military Medical City; from the Prince Abdullah bin Khalid Celiac Disease Research Chair (Mohamed), King Saud University; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Mohamed), College of Medicine, AlFaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Joharah AlFaifii
From the Department of Pediatrics (AlAnzi, Mohamed); from the Department of Biochemical laboratory (Al Harbi, AlFaifi), Prince Sultan Military Medical City; from the Prince Abdullah bin Khalid Celiac Disease Research Chair (Mohamed), King Saud University; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Mohamed), College of Medicine, AlFaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Sarar Mohamed
From the Department of Pediatrics (AlAnzi, Mohamed); from the Department of Biochemical laboratory (Al Harbi, AlFaifi), Prince Sultan Military Medical City; from the Prince Abdullah bin Khalid Celiac Disease Research Chair (Mohamed), King Saud University; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Mohamed), College of Medicine, AlFaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Medical Journal Feb 2021, 42 (2) 219-222; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2021.2.25643

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