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Prevalence of microvascular complications among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who visited diabetes clinics in Saudi Arabia

Mounther M. Alnaim, Abdullah Alrasheed, Abdullah A. Alkhateeb, Mohammed M. Aljaafari and Abdulrahman Alismail
Saudi Medical Journal February 2023, 44 (2) 211-217; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.2.20220719
Mounther M. Alnaim
From the Family Medicine Department (Alnaim), Primary Health Care, King Abdulaziz Hospital, Ministry of National Guard Health Affair; from the College of Medicine (Alkhateeb, Aljaafari, Alismail), King Faisal University, Al Ahsa; from the Family Medicine Department (Alrasheed), Primary Health Care, King Abdulaziz Hospital, Ministry of National Guard Health Affair, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah Alrasheed
From the Family Medicine Department (Alnaim), Primary Health Care, King Abdulaziz Hospital, Ministry of National Guard Health Affair; from the College of Medicine (Alkhateeb, Aljaafari, Alismail), King Faisal University, Al Ahsa; from the Family Medicine Department (Alrasheed), Primary Health Care, King Abdulaziz Hospital, Ministry of National Guard Health Affair, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah A. Alkhateeb
From the Family Medicine Department (Alnaim), Primary Health Care, King Abdulaziz Hospital, Ministry of National Guard Health Affair; from the College of Medicine (Alkhateeb, Aljaafari, Alismail), King Faisal University, Al Ahsa; from the Family Medicine Department (Alrasheed), Primary Health Care, King Abdulaziz Hospital, Ministry of National Guard Health Affair, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed M. Aljaafari
From the Family Medicine Department (Alnaim), Primary Health Care, King Abdulaziz Hospital, Ministry of National Guard Health Affair; from the College of Medicine (Alkhateeb, Aljaafari, Alismail), King Faisal University, Al Ahsa; from the Family Medicine Department (Alrasheed), Primary Health Care, King Abdulaziz Hospital, Ministry of National Guard Health Affair, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulrahman Alismail
From the Family Medicine Department (Alnaim), Primary Health Care, King Abdulaziz Hospital, Ministry of National Guard Health Affair; from the College of Medicine (Alkhateeb, Aljaafari, Alismail), King Faisal University, Al Ahsa; from the Family Medicine Department (Alrasheed), Primary Health Care, King Abdulaziz Hospital, Ministry of National Guard Health Affair, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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