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Clinical and laboratory characteristics of idiopathic inflammatory myositis in Saudi patients

A retrospective study in a single tertiary centre

Fahidah Alenzi, Jawaher Alotaibi, Manal Alnasser and Fahdah Alokaily
Saudi Medical Journal May 2023, 44 (5) 492-497; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.5.20220213
Fahidah Alenzi
From the Department of Clinical Science (Alenzi), College of Medicine, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University; and from the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine (Alotaibi, Alnasser, Alokaily), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Jawaher Alotaibi
From the Department of Clinical Science (Alenzi), College of Medicine, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University; and from the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine (Alotaibi, Alnasser, Alokaily), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Manal Alnasser
From the Department of Clinical Science (Alenzi), College of Medicine, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University; and from the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine (Alotaibi, Alnasser, Alokaily), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Fahdah Alokaily
From the Department of Clinical Science (Alenzi), College of Medicine, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University; and from the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine (Alotaibi, Alnasser, Alokaily), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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