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Transperineal versus transrectal multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging fusion targeted prostate biopsy

Danny Rabah, Waleed Al-Taweel, Farrukh Khan, Mostafa Arafa, Shahbaz Mehmood, Alaa Mokhtar and Karim Farhat
Saudi Medical Journal June 2021, 42 (6) 649-654; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.6.20200771
Danny Rabah
From the Department of Surgery (Rabah, Khan), College of Medicine; from the Cancer Research Chair (Rabah, Arafa, Farhat), King Saud University, and from the Department of Urology (Rabah, Al-Taweel, Mokhtar), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
FRCSC, FACS
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Waleed Al-Taweel
From the Department of Surgery (Rabah, Khan), College of Medicine; from the Cancer Research Chair (Rabah, Arafa, Farhat), King Saud University, and from the Department of Urology (Rabah, Al-Taweel, Mokhtar), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MD, FRCSC
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Farrukh Khan
From the Department of Surgery (Rabah, Khan), College of Medicine; from the Cancer Research Chair (Rabah, Arafa, Farhat), King Saud University, and from the Department of Urology (Rabah, Al-Taweel, Mokhtar), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MD
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Mostafa Arafa
From the Department of Surgery (Rabah, Khan), College of Medicine; from the Cancer Research Chair (Rabah, Arafa, Farhat), King Saud University, and from the Department of Urology (Rabah, Al-Taweel, Mokhtar), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MPH, PhD
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Shahbaz Mehmood
From the Department of Surgery (Rabah, Khan), College of Medicine; from the Cancer Research Chair (Rabah, Arafa, Farhat), King Saud University, and from the Department of Urology (Rabah, Al-Taweel, Mokhtar), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Alaa Mokhtar
From the Department of Surgery (Rabah, Khan), College of Medicine; from the Cancer Research Chair (Rabah, Arafa, Farhat), King Saud University, and from the Department of Urology (Rabah, Al-Taweel, Mokhtar), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Karim Farhat
From the Department of Surgery (Rabah, Khan), College of Medicine; from the Cancer Research Chair (Rabah, Arafa, Farhat), King Saud University, and from the Department of Urology (Rabah, Al-Taweel, Mokhtar), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Medical Journal Jun 2021, 42 (6) 649-654; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2021.42.6.20200771
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