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Estimating the prevalence of pediatric hematological malignancies in Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia

Faisal S. Alhajori, Mohammed H. Makkawi, Sultan Z. Alasmari, Ahmad A. Shaikh and Mirza A. Baig
Saudi Medical Journal May 2023, 44 (5) 504-508; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.5.20220915
Faisal S. Alhajori
From the Ministry of Health (Alhajori); from Maternity and Children’s Hospital (Baig), Al-Madinah Al-Munawwara; and from the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Makkawi, Alasmari, Shaikh), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed H. Makkawi
From the Ministry of Health (Alhajori); from Maternity and Children’s Hospital (Baig), Al-Madinah Al-Munawwara; and from the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Makkawi, Alasmari, Shaikh), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Sultan Z. Alasmari
From the Ministry of Health (Alhajori); from Maternity and Children’s Hospital (Baig), Al-Madinah Al-Munawwara; and from the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Makkawi, Alasmari, Shaikh), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ahmad A. Shaikh
From the Ministry of Health (Alhajori); from Maternity and Children’s Hospital (Baig), Al-Madinah Al-Munawwara; and from the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Makkawi, Alasmari, Shaikh), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mirza A. Baig
From the Ministry of Health (Alhajori); from Maternity and Children’s Hospital (Baig), Al-Madinah Al-Munawwara; and from the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Makkawi, Alasmari, Shaikh), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Faisal S. Alhajori, Mohammed H. Makkawi, Sultan Z. Alasmari, Ahmad A. Shaikh, Mirza A. Baig
Saudi Medical Journal May 2023, 44 (5) 504-508; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2023.44.5.20220915
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