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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on therapy compliance and lifestyle factors of patients with growth hormone deficiency

Sulafa T. Sindi, Njood W. Nazer and Abdulmoein E. AlAgha
Saudi Medical Journal April 2022, 43 (4) 418-422; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.4.20210877
Sulafa T. Sindi
From the Department of Pediatrics (Sindi), King Abdulaziz University Hospital; from the Department of Pediatrics (AlAgha), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, and from the Department of Pediatrics (Nazer), King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Njood W. Nazer
From the Department of Pediatrics (Sindi), King Abdulaziz University Hospital; from the Department of Pediatrics (AlAgha), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, and from the Department of Pediatrics (Nazer), King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulmoein E. AlAgha
From the Department of Pediatrics (Sindi), King Abdulaziz University Hospital; from the Department of Pediatrics (AlAgha), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, and from the Department of Pediatrics (Nazer), King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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