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Clinical characteristics and outcomes among patients with COVID-19

A single-center retrospective observational study from Marj, Libya

Aimen M. Khalifa, Fatimah A. Nouh and Farag A. Elshaari
Saudi Medical Journal September 2022, 43 (9) 1013-1019; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.9.20220343
Aimen M. Khalifa
From the Department of Medicine (Khalifa), Faculty of Medicine, University of Benghazi - Marj; from the Department of Biochemistry (Nouh, Elshaari), Faculty of Medicine, University of Benghazi; and from the Libyan Center for Biotechnology Research (Elshaari), Benghazi, Libya.
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Fatimah A. Nouh
From the Department of Medicine (Khalifa), Faculty of Medicine, University of Benghazi - Marj; from the Department of Biochemistry (Nouh, Elshaari), Faculty of Medicine, University of Benghazi; and from the Libyan Center for Biotechnology Research (Elshaari), Benghazi, Libya.
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Farag A. Elshaari
From the Department of Medicine (Khalifa), Faculty of Medicine, University of Benghazi - Marj; from the Department of Biochemistry (Nouh, Elshaari), Faculty of Medicine, University of Benghazi; and from the Libyan Center for Biotechnology Research (Elshaari), Benghazi, Libya.
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