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Parents’ awareness in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia regarding failure to thrive

A descriptive cross-sectional study

Reem A. Alshammari, Osama S. Alnezari, Waleed A. Alhirabi, Salm J. Alaamer, Abdulmajeed S. Alsadun, Abdulmalik F. Alhmazani, Yousef F. Bakrshoom and Ali H. Alharbi
Saudi Medical Journal December 2022, 43 (12) 1383-1389; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.12.20220511
Reem A. Alshammari
From the Department of Pediatric (Alshammari), University of Hail-Medical College, and from the College of Medicine (Alnezari, Alhirabi, Alaamer, Alsadun, Alhmazani, Bakrshoom, Alharbi), University of Hail, Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Osama S. Alnezari
From the Department of Pediatric (Alshammari), University of Hail-Medical College, and from the College of Medicine (Alnezari, Alhirabi, Alaamer, Alsadun, Alhmazani, Bakrshoom, Alharbi), University of Hail, Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Waleed A. Alhirabi
From the Department of Pediatric (Alshammari), University of Hail-Medical College, and from the College of Medicine (Alnezari, Alhirabi, Alaamer, Alsadun, Alhmazani, Bakrshoom, Alharbi), University of Hail, Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Salm J. Alaamer
From the Department of Pediatric (Alshammari), University of Hail-Medical College, and from the College of Medicine (Alnezari, Alhirabi, Alaamer, Alsadun, Alhmazani, Bakrshoom, Alharbi), University of Hail, Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulmajeed S. Alsadun
From the Department of Pediatric (Alshammari), University of Hail-Medical College, and from the College of Medicine (Alnezari, Alhirabi, Alaamer, Alsadun, Alhmazani, Bakrshoom, Alharbi), University of Hail, Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulmalik F. Alhmazani
From the Department of Pediatric (Alshammari), University of Hail-Medical College, and from the College of Medicine (Alnezari, Alhirabi, Alaamer, Alsadun, Alhmazani, Bakrshoom, Alharbi), University of Hail, Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Yousef F. Bakrshoom
From the Department of Pediatric (Alshammari), University of Hail-Medical College, and from the College of Medicine (Alnezari, Alhirabi, Alaamer, Alsadun, Alhmazani, Bakrshoom, Alharbi), University of Hail, Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ali H. Alharbi
From the Department of Pediatric (Alshammari), University of Hail-Medical College, and from the College of Medicine (Alnezari, Alhirabi, Alaamer, Alsadun, Alhmazani, Bakrshoom, Alharbi), University of Hail, Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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