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Factors influencing blood pressure fluctuation in pediatric patients with sickle cell disease in Saudi Arabia

A retrospective single-center cohort study

Saud Bahaidarah, Fatma Alzahrani, Mohammed Alshinqiti, Nader Moria, Fahad Alahwal, Khalid Naghi, Ammar Abdulfattah, Mohammed Alharbi and Gaser Abdelmohsen
Saudi Medical Journal July 2023, 44 (7) 655-660; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.7.20230251
Saud Bahaidarah
From the Department of Pediatrics (Bahaidarah, Alzahrani, Abdelmohsen), King Abdulaziz University Hospital, from the Faculty of Medicine (Alshinqiti, Moria, Alahwal, Naghi, Abdulfattah, Alharbi) King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Abdelmohsen), Kasr Al Ainy School of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
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Fatma Alzahrani
From the Department of Pediatrics (Bahaidarah, Alzahrani, Abdelmohsen), King Abdulaziz University Hospital, from the Faculty of Medicine (Alshinqiti, Moria, Alahwal, Naghi, Abdulfattah, Alharbi) King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Abdelmohsen), Kasr Al Ainy School of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
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Mohammed Alshinqiti
From the Department of Pediatrics (Bahaidarah, Alzahrani, Abdelmohsen), King Abdulaziz University Hospital, from the Faculty of Medicine (Alshinqiti, Moria, Alahwal, Naghi, Abdulfattah, Alharbi) King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Abdelmohsen), Kasr Al Ainy School of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
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Nader Moria
From the Department of Pediatrics (Bahaidarah, Alzahrani, Abdelmohsen), King Abdulaziz University Hospital, from the Faculty of Medicine (Alshinqiti, Moria, Alahwal, Naghi, Abdulfattah, Alharbi) King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Abdelmohsen), Kasr Al Ainy School of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
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Fahad Alahwal
From the Department of Pediatrics (Bahaidarah, Alzahrani, Abdelmohsen), King Abdulaziz University Hospital, from the Faculty of Medicine (Alshinqiti, Moria, Alahwal, Naghi, Abdulfattah, Alharbi) King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Abdelmohsen), Kasr Al Ainy School of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
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Khalid Naghi
From the Department of Pediatrics (Bahaidarah, Alzahrani, Abdelmohsen), King Abdulaziz University Hospital, from the Faculty of Medicine (Alshinqiti, Moria, Alahwal, Naghi, Abdulfattah, Alharbi) King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Abdelmohsen), Kasr Al Ainy School of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
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Ammar Abdulfattah
From the Department of Pediatrics (Bahaidarah, Alzahrani, Abdelmohsen), King Abdulaziz University Hospital, from the Faculty of Medicine (Alshinqiti, Moria, Alahwal, Naghi, Abdulfattah, Alharbi) King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Abdelmohsen), Kasr Al Ainy School of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
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Mohammed Alharbi
From the Department of Pediatrics (Bahaidarah, Alzahrani, Abdelmohsen), King Abdulaziz University Hospital, from the Faculty of Medicine (Alshinqiti, Moria, Alahwal, Naghi, Abdulfattah, Alharbi) King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Abdelmohsen), Kasr Al Ainy School of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
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Gaser Abdelmohsen
From the Department of Pediatrics (Bahaidarah, Alzahrani, Abdelmohsen), King Abdulaziz University Hospital, from the Faculty of Medicine (Alshinqiti, Moria, Alahwal, Naghi, Abdulfattah, Alharbi) King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Abdelmohsen), Kasr Al Ainy School of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
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Saudi Medical Journal Jul 2023, 44 (7) 655-660; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2023.44.7.20230251

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Saudi Medical Journal Jul 2023, 44 (7) 655-660; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2023.44.7.20230251
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