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Clinicopathological features and prevalence of prostate cancer in Aseer, Saudi Arabia
Hassan M. Otifi, Osama M. S. Abdul-Wahab, Mishari H. Al-Shyarba, Majed S. S. Al Fayi, Abdullah H. Al Murea and Elhem Yacoub
Saudi Medical Journal July 2022, 43 (7) 755-759; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.7.20210758
Hassan M. Otifi
From the Department of Pathology (Otifi); from the Department of Surgery (Al-Shyarba), College of Medicine; from the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Abdul-Wahab, Al Fayi), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, from the Department of Laboratory (Al Murea), Aseer Central Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Specialized Unit of Mycoplasmas, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Vaccinology, and Biotechnology Development (Yacoub), Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University of Tunis El-Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
PhDOsama M. S. Abdul-Wahab
From the Department of Pathology (Otifi); from the Department of Surgery (Al-Shyarba), College of Medicine; from the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Abdul-Wahab, Al Fayi), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, from the Department of Laboratory (Al Murea), Aseer Central Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Specialized Unit of Mycoplasmas, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Vaccinology, and Biotechnology Development (Yacoub), Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University of Tunis El-Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
MSc, PhDMishari H. Al-Shyarba
From the Department of Pathology (Otifi); from the Department of Surgery (Al-Shyarba), College of Medicine; from the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Abdul-Wahab, Al Fayi), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, from the Department of Laboratory (Al Murea), Aseer Central Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Specialized Unit of Mycoplasmas, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Vaccinology, and Biotechnology Development (Yacoub), Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University of Tunis El-Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
MDMajed S. S. Al Fayi
From the Department of Pathology (Otifi); from the Department of Surgery (Al-Shyarba), College of Medicine; from the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Abdul-Wahab, Al Fayi), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, from the Department of Laboratory (Al Murea), Aseer Central Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Specialized Unit of Mycoplasmas, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Vaccinology, and Biotechnology Development (Yacoub), Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University of Tunis El-Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
PhDAbdullah H. Al Murea
From the Department of Pathology (Otifi); from the Department of Surgery (Al-Shyarba), College of Medicine; from the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Abdul-Wahab, Al Fayi), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, from the Department of Laboratory (Al Murea), Aseer Central Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Specialized Unit of Mycoplasmas, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Vaccinology, and Biotechnology Development (Yacoub), Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University of Tunis El-Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
BScElhem Yacoub
From the Department of Pathology (Otifi); from the Department of Surgery (Al-Shyarba), College of Medicine; from the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Abdul-Wahab, Al Fayi), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, from the Department of Laboratory (Al Murea), Aseer Central Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Specialized Unit of Mycoplasmas, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Vaccinology, and Biotechnology Development (Yacoub), Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University of Tunis El-Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
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Clinicopathological features and prevalence of prostate cancer in Aseer, Saudi Arabia
Hassan M. Otifi, Osama M. S. Abdul-Wahab, Mishari H. Al-Shyarba, Majed S. S. Al Fayi, Abdullah H. Al Murea, Elhem Yacoub
Saudi Medical Journal Jul 2022, 43 (7) 755-759; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2022.43.7.20210758
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